AI Analyzes Executive Tone

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Jerry agreed to wear the puffy shirt on the Today show because he couldn't understand Kramer's girlfriend's mumbling. And yes this meme might be a stretch 🙂 

Wall Street has been parsing text for years looking to spot changes. Bloomberg publishes a side-by-side comparison of Fed announcements to show whether the central bank’s language is becoming more hawkish or dovish.

AI can now listen in on how executives deliver company updates.

Alex Kim, a Ph.D. candidate in accounting at the University of Chicago, has pioneered ways to quantify subtle vocal cues using AI. Research in communications has long shown that up to 70% of information in oral communications comes through voice rather than text.

Kim's work on AI and LLMs has caught the attention of dozens of hedge funds worldwide, including…