SEC worried about AI’s influence on financial markets

Stefan Mileschin · 20th July 2023, 07:11

This could make life even more volatile

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has expressed concern about generative AI’s impact on financial markets and fears that traders who rely on the tech could make a real mess of things.

In a speech to the National Press Club, SEC Chair Gary Gensler said recent advances in generative AI increase the possibility of institutions relying on the same subset of information to make decisions.

Gensler said the significant demand for data and computing power could mean only a few tech platforms may dominate the field, narrowing the field of AI models companies can use.

He said: “AI may heighten financial fragility as it could promote herding with individual actors making similar decisions because they are getting the same signal from a base model or data aggregator,”

Gensler said. He added that the rise of generative AI and other deep-learning models “could exacerbate the inherent network interconnectedness of the global financial system.”

https://fudzilla.com/news/57276-sec-...ancial-markets

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Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 153,575	SEC worried about AI’s influence on financial markets This could make life even more volatile The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has expressed concern about generative AI’s impact on financial markets and fears that traders who rely on the tech could make a real mess of things. In a speech to the National Press Club, SEC Chair Gary Gensler said recent advances in generative AI increase the possibility of institutions relying on the same subset of information to make decisions. Gensler said the significant demand for data and computing power could mean only a few tech platforms may dominate the field, narrowing the field of AI models companies can use. He said: “AI may heighten financial fragility as it could promote herding with individual actors making similar decisions because they are getting the same signal from a base model or data aggregator,” Gensler said. He added that the rise of generative AI and other deep-learning models “could exacerbate the inherent network interconnectedness of the global financial system.” https://fudzilla.com/news/57276-sec-...ancial-markets

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