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Proposed Federal AI Oversight Plan Faces Hurdles, Experts Say
artificial intelligence // April 18, 2024

Sen. Mitt Romney’s call for enhanced federal oversight of artificial intelligence (AI) faces hurdles, according to experts, who say the technology’s rapid advancement and wide-ranging applications pose significant challenges to effective regulation. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Reshaping the Future: Why Gen AI’s Creative Power Calls for Strategic Oversight
Artificial Intelligence // December 26, 2023

With the widespread emergence of OpenAI’s large language model-based ChatGPT platform in late 2022, a considerable amount of public attention and private capital have been showered on generative artificial intelligence over the past year. The technology has spawned no end of human speculation about AI’s...

New York City Unveils AI Action Plan that Develops Rules Framework
artificial intelligence // October 16, 2023

New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Chief Technology Officer Matthew Fraser announced Monday (Oct. 16) the release of the city’s new Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Plan. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

UK Goes for Light Touch AI Regulations; While EU Doubles Down
Regulation // July 19, 2022

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Reshaping the Future: Why Gen AI’s Creative Power Calls for Strategic Oversight

December 26, 2023
With the widespread emergence of OpenAI’s large language model-based ChatGPT platform in late 2022, a considerable amount of public attention and private capital have been showered on generative artificial intelligence over the past year. The technology has spawned no end of human speculation about AI’s potential, including around the provenance of its various verbal and […]

BitPay CEO’s Crypto Prescription for New Regs: Go ‘Carefully And Cautiously’

September 01, 2021
The initial design of bitcoin was to be a payment method, a unit of currency. Along the way in the decade-plus since its creation by the anonymous creator/creators known as...

Bank Regulators Probe Amazon Cloud

August 02, 2019
The Federal Reserve orchestrated an official investigation of an Amazon facility in Virginia, kicking off what is expected to be ongoing oversight of cloud providers, people familiar with the matter...

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New York City Unveils AI Action Plan that Develops Rules Framework

October 16, 2023
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Chief Technology Officer Matthew Fraser announced Monday (Oct. 16) the release of the city’s new Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Plan. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our […]

European Union To Investigate German Regulator Over Wirecard

June 26, 2020
The Wirecard scandal surrounding the German payment processor missing $2.1 billion has spilled over the border to Belgium. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

Pandemic Relief Oversight Bodies Not Yet Fully Functional

June 17, 2020
Three U.S. pandemic relief oversight boards haven’t completely started their work, even though the country has spent over 50 percent of economic rescue funds Congress ratified. A congressional panel doesn’t have...

FDIC Defines Bank Regs For FinTechs

March 18, 2020
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is setting new regulations for FinTechs and industrial banks that will enhance transparency and establish record-keeping requirements, the agency said on Tuesday (March 17)....