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Jefferies updates its AI Risk Basket

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Jefferies updates its AI Risk Basket [Hand pointing at digital warning icon with AI and data interface, representing system warning alert, cybersecurity threat, data error, and artificial intelligence risk.] Saksit Sangtong The Jefferies AI Risk Basket used to identify potential decliners from the impact of AI, is down…
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  • AI automates tax preparation for Intuit

    80% confidence

  • AI fears compress allocator fees for StepStone Group

    80% confidence

  • AI copilots reduce seat pricing for Workday

    80% confidence

  • AI fears compress private equity fees and multiples for alternative asset managers

    80% confidence

  • Ironically, we use an AI-assisted search algorithm to identify our AI-risk basket

    80% confidence

  • AI reallocates performance ad spend away from Snap

    80% confidence

  • AI replicates data and cuts pricing for CoStar Group

    80% confidence

  • AI summaries reduce research value for Gartner

    80% confidence

  • LLM agents replace RPA for UiPath

    80% confidence

  • AI agents bypass listings for Zillow Group

    80% confidence

  • AI commoditizes email personalization for Klaviyo

    80% confidence

  • The starting point is the sub-industries that could be impacted by various disruption vectors. We then combine this with stock-level returns and run it through a series of pre-trained prompts to obtain the stock-specific potential risk and disruption vector

    80% confidence

  • AI automates delivery labor for EPAM Systems

    80% confidence

  • AI agents bypass CRM workflows for Salesforce

    80% confidence

  • AI content lowers switching costs for Unity Software

    80% confidence

  • Generative tools commoditize design for Adobe

    80% confidence

  • AI agents bypass OTAs for Expedia Group and Booking Holdings

    80% confidence

  • AI copilots commoditize ticketing for Atlassian

    80% confidence

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AI Capital Surge: Late-August 2026 Funding Wave Spans Fintech, Enterprise Agents, and Robotics
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Both facts record the same metric (shares_outstanding) for ING Group at the identical observation date (2025-12-31). FACT A states 2,902,437,688 shares; FACT B states 2,902 million shares (2,902,000,000). The difference is 437,688 shares (~0.015%). This is a genuine value conflict, though the discrepancy appears to result from FACT B rounding to the nearest million while FACT A provides the precise count.
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