Artificial intelligence (AI) – the opportunities and threats to your investments

hl.co.uk:

We don’t support this browser anymore.
This means our website may not look and work as you would expect. Read more about browsers and how to update them here.

Newsroom

Newsroom articles are published by leading news agencies. Hargreaves Lansdown is not responsible for an article's content and its accuracy. We may not share the views of the author.

HL Podcast

HL Insight

Is AI a threat to your investment portfolio? Spoiler alert – it doesn't have to be. The key is to look at a company's intellectual property.

This article isn’t personal advice. If you’re not sure whether an investment is right for you please seek advice. If you choose to invest the value of your investment will rise and fall, so you could get back less than you put in.

Published on 14 November 2023

It was correct at the time of publishing. Our views and any references to tax, investment and pension rules may have changed since then.

It feels like there’s hype and fear in equal measure surrounding artificial intelligence (AI).

More and more companies are talking about revving up their performance by developing and deploying AI-driven solutions.

Microsoft has recently launched Copilot, an automated, intelligent assistant. Meanwhile, Nvidia is reaping billions of dollars every quarter from selling the chips that can power AI software.

But it’s not all opportunity.

28 countries signed the Bletchley Declaration earlier this month. It acknowledges AI’s ‘potential for serious, even catastrophic, harm’.

We can leave the more existential threats to The Terminator for now. Instead, let’s look at how you can make sure your investment portfolio remains safe from some of the threats of AI.

The key is to look at a company’s intellectual property (IP).

We’re