Nokia Oyj (NOK) Enhances Autonomous Networks with AI-Driven Security and Automation

We recently compiled a list of the Top 10 Hot AI Stocks Dominating Headlines. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Nokia Oyj (NYSE:NOK) stands against the other AI stocks.

While AI is transforming industries worldwide and is expected to elevate our society to new heights, Caleb Maresca at New York University shared a contrarian view in his latest study. The economist believes that transformative AI could upend economies, decimating wages and lifting interest rates to extremely high levels.

“My findings reveal that expectations of [transformative AI] can substantially affect current economic conditions even before any technological breakthrough occurs. When AI automates a job — whether a truck driver, lawyer, or researcher — the wages previously earned by the human worker don’t vanish or automatically transform into broader economic gains. Instead, they flow to whoever controls the AI system performing that job.”

-said Maresca

He highlighted that expectations of AI gutting the price businesses pay for work could massively drive interest rates by up to 16% in some scenarios. In such a situation, the cost of launching a new business or purchasing a house could increase to unaffordable levels, which could compel people to save more and spend less, creating a “form of prisoner’s dilemma in saving behavior.”

He urged people to collectively push politicians to enact policies, which ensure that the wealth created by transformative AI is shared broadly, especially if AI leads to persistently high unemployment.

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Nokia (NOK) Showcases AI-Optimized Elastic Networking for Energy-Efficient 5G

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Nokia Oyj (NYSE:NOK)

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Nokia Oyj (NYSE:NOK) is a leading supplier of networking, software, and hardware solutions. The company integrates AI into its products to automate complex processes, accelerate security incident response, fortify network infrastructure, and enhance customer services.

On February 27th, Nokia Oyj (NYSE:NOK) announced integrating new Agentic AI capabilities into its autonomous networks portfolio to enable Communication Service Providers (CSPs) to better automate, secure, and monetize their networks. The AI upgrades will help CSPs detect security threats with ease, speed up new service creation, enhance analytics capabilities, and improve overall network management.

“CSPs around the world are actively pursuing higher levels of network autonomy to achieve increased operational efficiency and offer their customers personalized experiences. AI is the catalyst to unlock L4/L5 autonomy, manage complexity, and orchestrate actions across network domains and operational functions.”

-said Kal De, SVP Product and Engineering, Cloud and Network Services at Nokia.

Overall NOK ranks 7th on our list of the AI stocks that are dominating headlines. While we acknowledge the potential of NOK as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than NOK but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.

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