Govern the Advice, Not the App: AI Governance in Wealth Management

​Our key idea: Everyone's racing to govern AI generated Financial Advice in wealth management - and watching the wrong layer. The real control gap isn't just the model; it's how the client gets represented to the AI applied upstream, and how the typical advisor consumes what comes back downstream. Both stages are largely ungoverned today - which makes them an open area for fintech innovation.

I introduce a simple framework for both: my RLCC framework - Responsible Language for Client Context - a methodology that allows fintech builders to think through common pitfalls such as an AI application's

​(1) tendency for automation bias,

​(2) temporal unfairness for clients in unstable or changing circumstances,

​(3) how we must use evidence-linked claims in AI-generated advice, and

​(4) how they must govern the representation layer, not just the model accuracy behind the app

Culminating in one takeaway for the industry: govern the advice, not the app.


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​This is a community event as part of Boston Fintech Week, presented by Fintech Sandbox: bostonfintechweek.org

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