UWM challenges AI fears; Optimal Blue debuts refi tool

Welcome back to Tech Pulse — a new weekly series rounding up the latest in technology, including tools, integrations and trends impacting mortgage and real estate.

Here’s what happened this week:

UWM’s Jason Bressler challenges the fear-driven narrative around AI in mortgage lending

At HousingWire’s The Gathering, United Wholesale Mortgage Chief Technology Offficer Jason Bressler challenged fears about AI in lending, calling it a tool for empowerment — not replacement. As debate swirls over job loss and security risks, Bressler urged the industry to embrace AI or risk falling behind, likening resistance to ignoring the internet in the ’90s.

Optimal Blue introduces automated refi tool

As refi activity shows signs of life, Optimal Blue launched a new…