Benchmarks data reveals AI use gap in risk management
Central banks from the Americas are most concerned about deepfakes, data shows
There is a gap in the use of artificial intelligence in central banks’ risk departments across different regions, the Risk Management Benchmarks 2026 show.
Some 39.6% of 48 respondents say that they do not use AI at all. For those who do, the most popular use cases are research, drafting documents or transcribing media.
A quarter of respondents also use the technology for “other” purposes: one such example is a high income central bank in the Asia-Pacific region, which has an “in-house AI model”
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