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Google-Anthropic Partnership Gets UK Antitrust Regulator Approval
ANTITRUST // November 19, 2024

The UK’s competition watchdog has cleared Google’s partnership with Anthropic. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said Tuesday (Nov. 19) that it had determined that the deal between the tech giant and the artificial intelligence (AI) startup did not warrant additional investigation. “The CMA does...

Federal Agencies Aim to Combat Algorithmic Bias in AI
artificial intelligence // October 11, 2024

Auditing has a role in preventing, investigating, monitoring and remedying algorithmic bias in artificial intelligence (AI), technologists and researchers from federal agency civil rights offices said during a meeting held Wednesday (Oct. 9). The meeting was convened by the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division to promote the...

New York Readies AI Rules as California Picks Regulation Panel
artificial intelligence // October 09, 2024

As California and New York race to regulate artificial intelligence (AI), a new study predicts the AI governance market will explode to $5.78 billion by 2029. With lawmakers grappling to balance innovation and safety, tech giants and startups are rushing to cash in on the...

Newsom Vetoes California Privacy Bill That Upped Consumer Data Control
Regulation // September 24, 2024

In a pivotal moment for data privacy and child protection, California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently made two contrasting decisions that highlight the complexities and competing interests in the realm of digital regulation. While he vetoed a privacy bill aimed at empowering consumers, he approved legislation...

Interviews & Exclusives
Crypto’s Three Priorities for 2024: Interoperability, Acceptance, Regulation

July 04, 2024
Halfway through 2024, and the cryptocurrency and blockchain space finds itself at a critical juncture.  It is the same critical juncture, or at least one strikingly similar, that the crypto and digital asset sector has always found itself at — a juncture where regulatory developments, interoperability and scalability, and institutional acceptance are at the forefront. […]

CBDC Scrutiny Underscores Role of Compliance in Scaling Digital Innovations

May 29, 2024
The technology for central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) already exists. And as dozens of countries around the world have proven, in less time than it took to read this sentence,...

More Payments Friction Coming for Customers

April 18, 2024
The recent credit card surcharge agreement brings into focus the impact regulations could have on businesses. Spreedly Vice President of Product Joe Meuse explains what the changes could mean for...

Next-Gen Fraud Strategies Use Data to Onboard Customers Safely

April 18, 2024
Business need to fight fraud with data, says Bryan Lewis, CEO of Intellicheck. He breaks it down in the new PYMNTS eBook, “The Implications of Uncertainty.”   Data breaches and mail theft...

Quick Reads
CFTC to Monitor Use of AI in Derivatives Markets

December 06, 2024
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is tracking the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in derivatives markets and intends to monitor CFTC-regulated entities’ use of the technology as part of the agency’s routine oversight activities. The agency said this in a Thursday (Dec. 5) press release and statements announcing that it issued an advisory addressing the use of […]

Google-Anthropic Partnership Gets UK Antitrust Regulator Approval

November 19, 2024
The UK’s competition watchdog has cleared Google’s partnership with Anthropic. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said Tuesday (Nov. 19) that it had determined that the deal between the tech...

Federal Agencies Aim to Combat Algorithmic Bias in AI

October 11, 2024
Auditing has a role in preventing, investigating, monitoring and remedying algorithmic bias in artificial intelligence (AI), technologists and researchers from federal agency civil rights offices said during a meeting held...

FTC Pledges ‘All the Tools at Its Disposal’ to Govern AI

July 31, 2024
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said it is using “all the tools at its disposal” to oversee the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. The commission made that statement Wednesday...