AI Regulation
Apple’s Siri AI Settlement Shows Why AI Claims Need Proof
Apple’s proposed Siri AI settlement shows why AI feature claims need evidence tied to shipped functionality, timing, and availability.
Laurie Shrout
AI Governance
Character.AI Lawsuit Tests AI Persona Risk in Licensed Professions
Pennsylvania’s Character.AI filing highlights a narrow AI governance risk: chatbot personas that claim licensed professional status.
Healthcare enforcement
PBM Transparency Moves From Reform Proposal to Pricing Design
Optum Rx’s fee-based PBM model adds market context to DOL’s proposed PBM fee-disclosure rule and the broader push for compensation transparency.
AI Governance
Generative and Agentic AI Fall Outside New Bank Model-Risk Guidance
New federal bank model-risk guidance excludes generative and agentic AI from scope, but points governance back to banks’ own risk controls.
AI Agent Governance
AI Agents Don’t Need Job Titles. They Need Accountability Architecture.
HBR research shows AI “employee” framing can blur accountability and reduce review quality. The governance fix is not better job titles for agents — it is clearer human ownership, decision rights, and evidence.
State AI Laws
Connecticut SB 5 AI Bill: Why Preemption Is Now a Compliance Control Problem
Connecticut’s SB 5 creates a concrete state AI governance signal while federal preemption remains unresolved.
State AI Laws
Colorado SB26-189 Narrows AI Disclosure, Keeps Evidence Duties
Colorado’s SB26-189 may narrow one AI explanation requirement, but developers and deployers still face documentation, records, notice, and review obligations.
Cybersecurity Risk
CISA CI Fortify: Continuity Under Compromise for Critical Infrastructure
CISA’s CI Fortify guidance urges critical infrastructure operators to plan for isolation, recovery, vendor dependencies, and essential service continuity during cyber disruption.
Tariff
After CAPE Phase 1: CFO Control Questions Behind IEEPA Tariff Refunds
CAPE Phase 1 opened the refund path. Now CFOs need to control how IEEPA tariff refunds move through tax, inventory, contracts, and customer expectations.
AI Governance
Mostly Visible Is Not Defensible: The Shadow AI-Agent Governance Gap
CSA data shows a gap between enterprise confidence and AI-agent control coverage. The issue is not just unknown agents — it is whether governance can prove each autonomous workflow is known, scoped, permissioned, monitored, and retired.
Federal Oversight
GAO’s $186B Improper-Payment Estimate Is a Visibility Warning
GAO’s FY2025 improper-payment estimate rose to about $186B, but the deeper issue is visibility: the total does not capture the full government-wide picture.
Supply chain risk
Iran War Pushes PCB Supply Chain Costs Higher
Middle East conflict is pushing cost pressure into PCB raw-material inputs, exposing a less visible supply-chain layer beneath AI servers and advanced electronics.