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News BriefEuropean Commission accuses Meta of anticompetive practices, issues $841M fine
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has been fined nearly 798 million euros (U.S. $841 million) by the European Commission to resolve the agency’s long-running investigation into alleged “abusive practices” by Facebook Marketplace.
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News BriefFinCEN alerts financial institutions to be wary of AI-enabled deepfakes
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued an alert to financial institutions about their obligations to report deepfakes, warning artificial intelligence has given bad actors additional tools in their arsenal.
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Allegion names general counsel
Global security products and solutions provider Allegion reappointed Jeff Braun as senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary.
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News BriefFTC to monitor compliance at AI-enabled product review platform after misleading ratings
Artificial intelligence-enabled product review platform Sitejabber agreed to a 10-year compliance monitorship with the Federal Trade Commission following allegations that it inflated product ratings and misled the public.
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News BriefMeta discloses potential CFPB lawsuit following probe into advertising, disclosure practices
Meta disclosed in a public filing that an investigation by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau related to financial product advertising on platforms Instagram and WhatsApp may lead to a lawsuit.
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PremiumMeta-backed EU appeals body facing conflicts of interest concerns
Ireland’s cozy relationship with big business and Big Tech has once again come under scrutiny after the country’s media regulator allowed a $15 million one-off funding payment from Meta’s Oversight Board Trust to help launch the newly formed Appeal Centre Europe.
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News BriefIrish DPC fines LinkedIn $335M over GDPR violations related to targeted advertising
The Irish Data Protection Commission fined Microsoft-owned LinkedIn 310 million euros (U.S. $335 million) over violations of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation related to the social media company’s data processing and targeted advertising.
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PremiumAI & Compliance Summit: Regs discuss artificial intelligence guardrails for financial services
Artificial intelligence is an exciting, new technology and it is well-regulated by old laws and rules already on the books, financial regulators said at Compliance Week’s AI & Compliance Summit at Boston University.
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PremiumHow to adopt AI tools the right way at your company, from people who’ve tried
Companies are adopting artificial intelligence tools at a breakneck pace, but it’s increasingly clear that they set guardrails early. AI leaders say that approaching the technology with safety and ethics in mind will help ensure its upside benefits, while avoiding the significant risks it poses as well.
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Nanit announces legal chief
Parenting tech company Nanit appointed Grace Fu as chief legal and administrative officer.
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CS Disco announces GC, compliance chief
DISCO, AI-enabled legal technology provider, announced that Susan Garcia has joined the company as general counsel and chief compliance officer.
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Coherent names legal, compliance chiefs
Coherent Corp, provider of materials, networking, and lasers, announced that it has appointed Rob Beard as the company’s new chief legal and global affairs officer, and corporate secretary. The company has also promoted Marie Batz Martin to chief compliance officer.
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OpenAI appoints compliance chief
OpenAI welcomed Scott Schools as its chief compliance officer.
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News BriefNYDFS expects banks, firms to cut risks posed by AI, according to new guidance
New York financial institutions are expected to address cybersecurity risks posed by artificial intelligence, and new guidance from the New York Department of Financial Services is aimed at helping firms do just that.
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PremiumPace of innovation will make EU AI Act hard to enforce, experts say
Concerns about how robustly European member states may enforce the EU AI Act, which took effect on Aug. 1, are divided between if regulators will take a “light touch” approach or a sledgehammer for noncompliance. One thing’s for sure, the pace of AI innovation will make enforcement very difficult.
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PremiumControl and delete: How regulators can shutdown companies’ AI investments
Companies are increasingly putting their faith in AI to realize the kind of business benefits that the technology seems to promise, but they are also opening themselves up to new and potentially crippling sanctions if they are unable to answer questions that surround how AI operates.
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News BriefSEC penalizes Rimar CEO, holding company board member $524K total for ‘AI washing’
The Securities and Exchange Commission ordered the owner of Rimar Capital and a board member of its holding company to pay nearly $524,000 in penalties for defrauding investors with false and misleading statements about its use of artificial intelligence.
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EventPhoto gallery: Compliance Week AI & Compliance Summit
Compliance Week’s AI & Compliance Summit, held Oct. 8-9 at Boston University, gathered business leaders, academics, and government officials to discuss some of the biggest questions around AI, including business adoption standards, ethical guardrails, and its application in decision making. Check out some of the sights from the summit.
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PremiumAI & Compliance Summit notebook: ‘Think big. Start small. Scale fast.’
When starting artificial intelligence efforts for companies large or small, one approach compliance practitioners said they’ve found works best is to start with a specific use case.
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PremiumCompanies are slowing AI launches in Europe, some say European Union regulations are why
The European Union’s Digital Markets Act is forcing many Big Tech companies to postpone the launch of artificial intelligence-powered features, like Apple Intelligence, over user privacy and data security concerns.