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Bailey warns AI may not ‘live up’ to market hype

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Alencar, M. (2026, November 9). Bailey warns AI may not ‘live up’ to market hype. City AM. https://www.cityam.com/bailey-warns-ai-may-not-live-up-to-market-hype/

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City AM · collected 2026-11-09 · by Maurício Alencar

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Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey warned during a speech in Zurich that the financial market's high expectations for rapid returns on artificial intelligence investments may not be met, potentially leading to a sharp decline in valuations. He cited historical examples like the dotcom bubble and noted that while there are good reasons to believe technological advancements move faster now, it doesn't guarantee that AI will deliver promised returns as quickly as investors hope. Bailey emphasized that overvaluation of uncertain future returns is common but risky, referencing recent market volatility including a £2.4 trillion drop in US stock values last week.
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Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey warned in a speech in Zurich that artificial intelligence (AI) may not meet market expectations for rapid returns, potentially leading to significant drops in company valuations. This warning comes amid recent market volatility where trillions of dollars have been wiped from tech companies' values. Specifically addressing financial stability risks posed by AI, Bailey cautioned that the benefits from major technological innovations like AI might take longer than anticipated to materialize, citing historical examples such as Thomas Edison and electricity. He noted that while markets tend to overvalue uncertain future returns due to investor risk-taking behavior, there is a risk that current valuations of AI companies are overly optimistic.

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Shares in Nvidia, one of the largest listed companies in the world, which is essential to wider AI investments, dropped by five per cent following an investigation into chief executive Jensen Huang’s affair with an alleged Chinese spy.
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Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has warned that AI “may not live up to market expectations” and deliver returns fast enough to investors, risking a sharp fall in valuations.
2026-11-09 · City AM
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Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has warned that AI “may not live up to market expectations” and deliver returns fast enough to investors, risking a sharp fall in valuations. uncertain
AI → warn → valuations
Bailey said in a speech in Zurich that it may take longer for investors to reap the benefits of heavy AI investment than it is currently assumed. uncertain
it → say → investment
His intervention comes against a backdrop of trillions of dollars being wiped from company valuations in the last week. asserted
intervention → come → week
In an address that focused on the threat of AI to financial stability, he warned that there was a “risk” that investors had over-estimated the value of AI, even if “bubble spotting is an imprecise science”. asserted
spotting → focus → AI
“The returns may be good, and they may match expectations, but they take longer to be realised than predicted,” Bailey said. uncertain
Bailey → match → expectations
“This has been the case historically with big ‘General Purpose Technology’ innovation – take Edison and electricity for instance. asserted
This → take → instance
“There are good reasons to believe that the world moves faster now, but still the timing may not live up to market expectations.” uncertain
timing → be → expectations
He added that financial markets overvalue “uncertain future returns” as it was essential to risk-taking on the part of investors. asserted
it → add → investors
Bailey, who is also chair of the global Financial Stability Board, repeated a previous warning that “everyone is priced to be a winner” in AI stock pricing despite history stating that this was unlikely. asserted
this → repeat → pricing
He pointed to the dotcom bubble and the ensuing failure of Netscape, the dominant web browser in the 1990s which was superseded by Microsoft and other tech giants. asserted
which → point → Microsoft
A mass sell-off in AI-related stocks following President Trump’s crushing mid-terms election defeat in the US has sparked suggestions that the AI bubble is bursting. asserted
bubble → relate → suggestions
Last Thursday, more than £2.4 trillion was wiped from the value of the US stock market. asserted
trillion → wipe → market
On Monday, firms listed on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq saw stock prices recover slightly from falls last week, with each composite index rising by more than two per cent. asserted
index → list → cent
Shares in Nvidia, one of the largest listed companies in the world, which is essential to wider AI investments, dropped by five per cent following an investigation into chief executive Jensen Huang’s affair with an alleged Chinese spy. asserted
which → list → spy
Bailey’s intervention on market pricing adds to growing alarm over the high expectations for major tech companies in the US to post bumper profits over the next two years after mass investment in infrastructure. asserted
companies → add → infrastructure
Top American hyperscalers, which are made up of the largest AI companies such as Amazon and Meta, are expected to spend about $900bn (£670bn) in 2026 alone, according to JP Morgan. uncertain
which → make → Morgan
In April this year, Bank deputy governor Sarah Breeden predicted that stock markets would face an “adjustment” and fall due to highly valued AI stocks. asserted
markets → predict → stocks
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