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The SEC announced it will host a roundtable on machine-readable data in the age of superintelligence on November 9, 2026, at its Washington, D.C. headquarters. The event will discuss the applications of machine-readable data and superintelligence, as well as related risks and costs. The roundtable is open to the public; in-person attendance is limited, and it will be streamed live on the SEC’s website, with a recording to be made available afterward.
The HKMA launched the "ART" framework on October 15, centered on the core principles of Accountability, Resilience, and Trust, to support the banking sector in responsibly adopting artificial intelligence. The framework includes the release of the latest regulatory guidelines on responsible AI adoption, the joint establishment of an AI training data sharing platform, and the advancement of agentic AI application testing. Concurrently, the HKMA and Cyberport co-hosted a two-day "Finance + AI Forum," marking the successful completion of the second phase of the Generative AI Sandbox technical testing.
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced on October 14 the official launch of the Chongqing-Hong Kong Cross-Border Data Verification Platform (CQ-HK DVP), jointly promoted by the HKMA and relevant Chongqing authorities. Leveraging blockchain technology and hash-based data encoding, the platform enables verification of customer-submitted data without cross-border transmission or storage of original documents. Initially focused on cross-border financial scenarios, it supports verification of northbound and southbound data flows for banks in Chongqing and Hong Kong, serving a range of banking services such as account opening and loan applications for customers in both regions.
Anthropic has released an update to its usage policy for 2026, which will take effect on November 12. This update mostly clarifies existing rules, adds integrated specialized provisions for deceptive activities, refines restrictions related to elections, weapons, and surveillance, specifies requirements for high-risk use cases, and adds prohibitions against malicious behavior targeting models. The full policy is available on the corresponding page.
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller reviewed the history of FRED in a speech, calling it the most valuable public good built by the Federal Reserve. FRED now hosts over 850,000 data series and reached 18 million unique users in 2025. He also noted that AI introduces risks such as incorrect data citations and interpretive bias. FRED traffic is currently growing at an annual rate of 150%, with roughly half of visits coming from AI agents. FRED has launched the FRED MCP Connector, allowing users to retrieve data through their preferred AI agents.
Fed Governor Waller delivered a speech at the Sibos conference, focusing on the current state and potential impact of AI technology applications in the payments sector. He noted that AI can improve the efficiency of compliance screening for cross-border payments, optimize payment routing and foreign exchange conversion decisions, and also analyzed the two mainstream models and development prospects of agentic commerce driven by AI agents.
FINRA has issued Regulatory Notice 26-15, seeking public comment on the modernization updates to interpretive guidance related to best execution under FINRA Rule 5310. The comment submission deadline is September 25, 2026.
FINRA has issued Regulatory Notice 26-14, seeking public comment on a proposal to modernize Rule 2210 (Communications with the Public). The proposal aims to replace the existing explicit requirement for pre-use approval by a principal with a modern, risk-based regulatory standard, while also simplifying the standards for retail communication filings and communications containing recommendations. Public comments must be submitted by September 11, 2026, and all received comments will be published on the FINRA website.
