UBS analysts see fake AI content feeding market disruptions

The spread of artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to be “highly disruptive” to financial markets as the technology aids the publication of false information, and makes leaks of intellectual property more likely, according to analysts at UBS Group AG.

In an ESG investing op-ed published Friday, UBS analysts Annabel Willder, Victoria Kalb and Julie Hudson listed all the ways in which the increasing adoption of generative AI might results in a number of ethical issues.

“Inaccurate information or ‘confabulations’ generated by AI models and that relate to regulators, companies or public figures could be widely shared, with potential market implications,” the analysts wrote.