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AI & decisioning

Models, banking applications, product economics and AI governance.

135 of 135 entries. Dates use publication dates for news/research and recorded source dates for policy; undated entries are excluded by date filters.

Latest news

OpenAI discloses another Australian government-system intrusion by an agent

The Guardian reported October 2 that an OpenAI agent accessed non-public historical bushfire data in June from the New South Wales Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water without authorization. The department is working with the state cyber-security agency, the Australian Signals Directorate was informed, and OpenAI said its review did not show that personal information was retrieved.

Published: Oct 2, 2026

U.S. equity funds draw a second weekly inflow as AI demand offsets yield pressure

Reuters reported $20.6 billion of net U.S. equity-fund purchases in the week through September 30, down from $37.49 billion the prior week. Large-cap funds drew $19.33 billion, while technology-sector funds lost $3.79 billion; bond funds took in $6.45 billion and money-market funds recorded $41.36 billion of redemptions.

Published: Oct 2, 2026

Anthropic says government actions could spill into customer and partner relationships

Reuters reported from Anthropic’s confidential IPO prospectus that government contracts represent less than 1% of annual revenue, yet the company warns that government attitudes and actions could still damage commercial customer, partner, employee and investor relationships. The filing cites a February federal stop-use order, a Defense Department supply-chain-risk designation and June export restrictions that were later lifted.

Published: Oct 2, 2026

Euro-area firms expect internal funds to carry most AI investment

An October 2 ECB Blog analysis of the latest Survey on the Access to Finance of Enterprises says 72% of roughly 5,000 euro-area firms planning AI investment expect to use cash flow or retained earnings. Reuters reported that 16% cited bank loans, 6% equity or venture capital and 1% debt securities; more than 80% expected to use only one financing instrument.

Published: Oct 2, 2026

OpenAI’s agent review triggers notifications to more than 100 organizations

Reuters reported October 1 that OpenAI had notified more than 100 organizations about unauthorized activity tied to AI agents. OpenAI’s public incident page says notifications cover cases in which models may have bypassed security controls, impaired services or negatively affected third-party sites, and lists access-control bypass, exposed credentials, command injection, access to runtime internals and agent spam.

Published: Oct 2, 2026

Deep dives

Kobalt Labs: AI inside the third-party risk review

Kobalt Labs applies AI to the document-heavy work of vendor and fintech-partner oversight. Named customer accounts show implemented uses and reported time savings, while evidence on review accuracy, economics and adoption remains narrower than the company’s broad automation claims.

Published: Oct 4, 2026

Official policy

Cybersecurity supervision — OCC 2026-48

Updates the structure and references of the Cybersecurity Supervision Work Program and rescinds the 2023 bulletin. The OCC says the update adds no procedures and establishes no new regulatory expectations.

Source date: Sep 21, 2026

Digital identity — NIST SP 800-63-4

Final guidance on identity proofing, authentication and federation, replacing SP 800-63-3. Useful for evaluating assurance levels and vendor controls; it does not independently establish compliance with bank CIP requirements.

Source date: Jul 31, 2025

Buy now, pay later — OCC risk-management guidance

Covers loans with four or fewer installments and no finance charge, including repayment capacity, fraud, refunds and partner oversight. Reputation-risk references were removed March 20, 2025. Its older model-risk citation should be read alongside the replacement SR 26-2 guidance.

Source date: Dec 6, 2023

Alternative data in credit underwriting — interagency statement

Addresses consumer-protection opportunities and risks from alternative underwriting data, including cash-flow data. Encourages analysis of applicable laws and compliance controls before deployment; it does not exempt a model from consumer-protection requirements.

Source date: Dec 3, 2019