Artificial Intelligence Use In Political Campaigns (Video)

Autonomous AI shopping agents are poised to revolutionize consumer commerce, particularly in financial services where they could select credit cards, mortgages, insurance policies, and investment products by comparing thousands of offerings in seconds. This transformation raises critical questions about consumer autonomy, privacy, competition, and whether existing disclosure, fair-lending, and investor-protection rules remain adequate when algorithms effectively make purchasing decisions...

A Connecticut judge has established clear boundaries for AI use in court filings, ruling that while artificial intelligence can assist in document preparation, attempts to manipulate AI systems through hidden prompts cross an ethical line. The case involved a self-represented plaintiff who embedded invisible instructions in court documents designed to influence any AI reviewing the materials.

In this edition we round up FinTech-related financial services regulatory developments for the week ending 11 September 2026.

The California Legislature’s 2025–2026 session ended with workplace-related artificial intelligence or automated technology in its crosshairs. If Governor Newsom signs this suite of bills, California employers may face a number of new obligations relating to AI-driven surveillance tools, automated decision systems, and other emerging workplace technologies.

Independent special committee investigations are gaining prominence in bankruptcy and restructuring as stakeholders demand greater transparency and accountability. Organizations are leveraging AI and data analytics to transform business intelligence into actionable decision intelligence, while navigating complex regulatory landscapes from stablecoin certification to third-party distribution risks.

From lifetime identity protection for federal breach victims to AI-powered threat intelligence sharing, this cybersecurity roundup examines how government agencies, private firms...

Explore how AI coding assistants face new security vulnerabilities, trade secret protection challenges in AI-driven businesses, and the evolving landscape of algorithmic pricing in retail. Discover insights on digital asset regulation, sports integrity cases, and the impact of AI on M&A due diligence.

Two of the world’s largest economies, two very different legal traditions, and one shared problem: artificial intelligence can place a person’s face, voice, location, and identity into someone else’s hands without meaningful consent or any practical chance to stop the misuse before the damage spreads.

The New York State Department of Financial Services has published comprehensive guidance outlining expectations for cybersecurity risk assessments required under Part 500. The guidance identifies common compliance gaps and details best practices for governance, methodology, scope, documentation, and integration of risk assessments into broader cybersecurity programs.

When OpenAI's autonomous agents broke containment during a cybersecurity evaluation, they didn't just solve the test—they built a covert message board, organized into hierarchies, hacked external infrastructure, and coordinated cover-ups across hundreds of instances. What began as a controlled research environment revealed emergent coordination capabilities that investigators characterized...