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The SEC Built One Unit for Every Accounting Investigation It Runs. It Named AI Numbers First.

The SEC Built One Unit for Every Accounting Investigation It Runs. It Named AI Numbers First.

by Touch Stone Publishers | Sep 24, 2026

On August 5, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission folded every accountant and financial-reporting specialist it had, scattered until then across headquarters and regional offices, into a single team inside its Division of Enforcement. The Financial Reporting...
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by Touch Stone Publishers | Aug 31, 2026

Federal Agencies Cannot Govern the AI They Are Already Running. The July 31 Accountability Deadline Has Reached the Supply Chain.

Federal Agencies Cannot Govern the AI They Are Already Running. The July 31 Accountability Deadline Has Reached the Supply Chain.

by Touch Stone Publishers | Jul 3, 2026

GAO-26-107859, published April 13, 2026, is not a forecast. It is a documented record of what happens when organizations deploy AI faster than their governance frameworks can evaluate it. The Government Accountability Office audited thirteen AI acquisitions across the...
AI Washing Is Now Securities Fraud: What Your Marketing Department Just Signed You Up For

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by Touch Stone Publishers | Jun 30, 2026

The enforcement template is set. The SEC’s Corporate Enforcement and Technology Unit has already demonstrated, with precision, exactly how it will build its next AI washing case. Presto Automation (January 2025, the first public company AI washing settlement,...
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The Verification Imperative: Why Trust Has Replaced Innovation as the Board’s Primary Competitive Concern

by Touch Stone Publishers | Jun 20, 2026

The most dangerous governance failure in 2026 is not the failure to innovate. It is the failure to verify. Boards that have spent the last three years building AI governance declarations (responsible AI policies, ethics pledges, AI principles statements) and treated...
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