ChatGPT can predict the stock market and understand Fed statements, studies claim

ChatGPT-4 accurately predicted stock market moves based on corporate news

ChatGPT has displayed an ability to anticipate stock market moves based on corporate news and is capable of understanding Federal Reserve statements, according to a pair of studies.

The first study, conducted at the Richmond Fed, found that ChatGPT-4 is capable of sorting statements from the Fed into five categories in a manner that aligns closely with human readers, Business Insider reported.

Researchers tasked the AI chatbot with classifying Fed statements as dovish, mostly dovish, neutral, mostly hawkish or hawkish. The result beat other AI models in matching designations by human readers.

"The sentence indicates the committee's expectation to start implementing its balance sheet normalization program soon, which is a clear signal of tightening monetary policy, as long as the economy evolves as anticipated," GPT-4 wrote of one statement it deemed hawkish, according to Business Insider.

GOOGLE CEO TOUTS AI AS MORE ‘PROFOUND’ THAN ELECTRICITY, BUT WARNS IT COMES WITH SERIOUS JOB IMPLICATIONS

ai and the fed

OpenAI's ChatGPT-4 has proven capable of deciphering Fed statements and predicting the stock market, according to studies.

Another study from the University of Florida examined ChatGPT's ability to anticipate stock market moves based on public corporate news, and found that the AI's latest version displayed a strong ability to predict moves.

"We use ChatGPT to indicate whether a given headline is good, bad, or irrelevant news for firms' stock prices. We then compute a numerical score and document a positive correlation between these ‘ChatGPT scores’ and subsequent daily stock market returns," the researchers wrote. "Further, ChatGPT outperforms traditional sentiment analysis methods. We find that more basic models such as GPT-1, GPT-2, and BERT [an existing finance model] cannot accurately forecast returns."

AI learning to predict stock market movement

ChatGPT was able to anticipate stock movements based on corporate news, according to a new study. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig / AP Images)

ALTERNATIVE INVENTOR? BIDEN ADMIN OPENS DOOR TO NON-HUMAN, AI PATENT HOLDERS

The team went on to say that incorporating AI analysis into trading strategies is likely to become the norm.

ChatGPT and Bard AI

ChatGPT is just one of several emerging language model AIs that have captivated millions with their ability to produce ideas and content. (Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images / Getty Images)

GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE

ChatGPT and other similar language model AIs have burst onto the scene in recent months, and many businesses have begun exploring how they might be used.