Companies are writing the documents they file with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) such that they are read and heard favourably by machines, not just human investors and analysts. Chief executives and chief financial officers are similarly tailoring their remarks for AI. Companies whose SEC filings are most downloaded by machines show the most sensitivity to writing for them.
The English language's many words that have multiple meanings make exact mapping of financial sentiment impossible.
Idiosyncratic writing such as Warren Buffett's annual letter to investors will get rarer.
Vocal presentation of corporate information will be increasingly subject to AI as the technology to analyse emotion in speech advances.
Coaching in audio and video for executives to talk to AI will grow as a niche communications business.
