BLACKSBURG, Va., April 20 -- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University issued the following news release:

Two Virginia Tech researchers have launched Transparent Risk Understanding through Structured Tone-analysis (TRUST), a multidisciplinary initiative that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to transform how investors, analysts, and regulators assess corporate bond risk.

The initiative aims to identify early warning signals in corporate communications, helping market participants make more informed decisions.

Initiative co-leadersChang-Tien Lu, professor of computer science and associate director of theSanghani Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics, andSattar Mansi, the Wells Fargo Professor of Financial Risk Ma...