ECB Steps Up Scrutiny of European Banks’ AI Industry Exposure

The headquarters of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt.

Photographer: Ben Kilb/Bloomberg

The European Central Bank is delving into the risks faced by banks in the region from the artificial intelligence industry, amid heightened concern over hidden credit exposures and financial-sector disruption.

The Frankfurt-based central bank is asking a small number of individual lenders for more details on their lending to areas including data centers, people familiar with the effort told Bloomberg.