Research studies

01 / THE RESEARCH02 PUBLISHED STUDIES

01 / CORPORATE DISCLOSURES

23 October 2026

The risk
is on the record.

95.2% of extracted S&P 500 risk sections mention AI. Business descriptions tell a different story.

S&P 500 / SEC annual reports / 2026

481risk sections extracted468filers in the matched comparison

Automated extraction / Manual sentence review pending

AI is in almost every
extracted risk section.

Business adoption / US Census

Census data shows business AI use climbing through 2026. The newest reading uses different wording, so we measure the trend on the series before it.

23 October 2026

24.6%reported using AI

02 / THE STANDARD

Public filings and official datasets. Every study explains where the records came from and how we analysed them.

A percentage needs a population. Sample sizes, exclusions and comparison periods stay next to the finding.

What the data cannot tell you matters too. Extraction limits and unfinished verification are stated, not hidden.

FOR THE NEWSROOM

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