Artificial intelligence and investing: it’s all about the data

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Senior Vice President, Head of Research, MDT Advisers, a Federated Advisory Company

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25 June 2024 |

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Teaching machines how to ‘think’ has been a tantalizing goal since the early days of computing, and recent advances in generative AI have brought us closer to achieving it. However, whether AI-generated ‘buy/sell/hold’ signals can be used for investing is partly a question of whether the value outweighs the risk.

Artificial intelligence and investing: it's all about the data

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ChatGPT and the interest it spawned is the latest step in the broader field of artificial intelligence, which has had a long and colourful history.
Generative AI has substantial promise, but the current generation of models poses significant challenges for use in investing.
As this field evolves, MDT Advisers will seek to identify ideas worth importing from AI research to improve our investment process.