Moody’s CEO: AI has a trust problem – better models won’t fix it

Moody's CEO Rob Fauber argues that as AI models become commodities, trust and data quality rather than model capability become the competitive differentiator. He introduces "connected intelligence"—AI systems trained on curated data from multiple organized sources—as essential for high-stakes financial decisions. Meta's announcement of Muse Spark is cited as another entry in an increasingly crowded market.