Since OpenAI launched ChatGPT in November 2022, the race to capitalize on emerging artificial intelligence (AI) technologies has super-charged the financial markets. The stock prices of AI-associated companies, such as Nvidia and Super Micro Computer, have soared. Several AI-related companies — such as, for example, Astera Labs and Rubrik — have recently successfully completed IPOs, so much so that that the long-moribund market for IPOs is showing definite signs of life. Other AI companies – including for example, Zapata and MultiplAI Health Ltd. — recently became public through mergers with SPACs.
With the consuming interest in AI in the financial markets, many companies want to try to catch some of the lightning for themselves. However, what the companies say about AI, their AI prospects, and their AI risks could have significant consequences for the companies’ corporate and securities litigation risks, as well as their risks of regulatory scrutiny.Continue Reading AI, Risk, and Public Company Disclosures