Fed's Schmid says finances around AI buildout merit watching

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas President Jeff Schmid looks on as he gets ready to host the Kansas City Fed’s annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming on August 22, 2024. REUTERS/Ann Saphir/File Photo 05 Aug 2026 09:23AM Aug 4 : Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Jeff Schmid said on Tuesday the financial situation involved in building out the artificial intelligence sector bears watching."We have to correlate what's happening in AI, just from a pure scale standpoint, to some of the other experiences we've had that could, in fact, create a systemic problem," Schmid said at a conference at his bank."I would argue that there's some signs...that we have to really start to talk about that on a macro level...is this industry becoming another too big to fail?," he added. Sourc