Matt Levine’s Money Stuff: Get Your Research From an AI Video

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One thing that sell-side research analysts do is write reports: long detailed reports situating a company in its industry and giving a buy or sell recommendation, earnings previews pointing out what to watch for, quick updates for news, etc. These reports get published to clients and are historically the most salient and noticeable and regulated thing that the analysts do.

Another thing that sell-side research analysts do is one-on-one phone calls with buy-side investors. An analyst publishes a report, investors read it, and they call her to ask questions like “have you thought about the risk that AI poses to ...