--- title: ECB’s Lagarde says AI could trigger financial crises and... description: ECB President Christine Lagarde warned in Venice that AI poses systemic risks to financial stability, potentially triggering crises worse than job... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ecb-s-lagarde-says-ai-could-trigger-financial-crises-and-calls-for-cold-war-style-non-proliferation--hmubwjb56 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: ECB’s Lagarde says AI could trigger financial crises and calls for Cold War-style non-proliferation governance | daily.dev og:description: ECB President Christine Lagarde warned in Venice that AI poses systemic risks to financial stability, potentially triggering crises worse than job... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ecb-s-lagarde-says-ai-could-trigger-financial-crises-and-calls-for-cold-war-style-non-proliferation--hmubwjb56 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/hMUBwjB56.png og:image:alt: ECB’s Lagarde says AI could trigger financial crises and calls for Cold War-style non-proliferation governance og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # ECB’s Lagarde says AI could trigger financial crises and calls for Cold War-style non-proliferation governance **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary ECB President Christine Lagarde warned in Venice that AI poses systemic risks to financial stability, potentially triggering crises worse than job displacement. She called for global AI governance modelled on Cold War nuclear non-proliferation treaties, arguing no existing institution like the G7 currently provides this. The ECB has already stress-tested 109 banks against AI-powered cyberattack scenarios and Lagarde plans to write directly to bank CEOs about resilience investment. Her remarks follow similar warnings from IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva and build on existing ECB directives for tighter bank cybersecurity. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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