Timely Takes Podcast: Kekst CNC Study Finding 'AI Slants Activist'

Lyndsey Estin is Co-Chief Executive Officer and Nick Capuano is co-leader of the Investor Relations and Contested Situations Practice at global strategic communications firm, Kekst CNC. Kekst CNC recently analyzed how voting recommendations from four major LLMs compare with recommendations of the major proxy advisory firms across nearly 50 recent proxy fights. What they found might surprise you!

Topics:

1. How They Conducted their Study
2. The Headline: LLMs Recommended the Activist's Nominees Far More Often than the Proxy Advisors
3. Beyond the Headline: Digging into the Data
4. How LLM Recommendations Differed from Each Other
5. The Sources and Rationales that Most Persuaded the LLMs
6. The Sources and Rationales that Held Less Sway with the LLMs
7. What this Means for Company Communications in Proxy Contests
8. The Bigger Picture: What this Means for Communications & Activism Preparedness More Generally

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