Recently,Pope Leo XIV issued his first Papal Encyclical Letter, titled Magnifica Humanitas “On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence.” The document places AI within the long tradition of Catholic social teaching and asks how humanity should respond to the “new things” of the digital age. I wanted to review it from a compliance angle.
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Posted inSurveys & Benchmarking
Inside the Mind of the CCO survey finds most compliance teams allow AI use, but governance lags behind
AI use in compliance is here, and it is worrying compliance professionals, according to CW’s Inside the Mind of the CCO survey.
Posted inData Privacy
ICO lists five steps to help companies protect themselves from AI cyber threats
Companies have long prioritized cybersecurity as a key risk to their operations, but AI’s ability to increase the number, speed, severity, and types of attacks has prompted the U.K.’s regulator to set out five practical steps that organizations can take to strengthen their resilience against AI-powered threats and cyberattacks.
Posted inBest Practices
Deepfakes, synthetic identities and the new era of professional misrepresentation
The most trusted organizations do not just sell products. They sell judgement, discretion and trust. That trust is now being actively tested by AI-enabled deception — at scale, and at the onboarding stage, precisely when verification decisions are made. Artificial intelligence is no longer a future risk. It is already being used to manufacture identities: […]
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Majority of CCOs worry about ‘keeping up with pace of technological change,’ Compliance Week’s Inside the Mind survey finds
If in 2025 you passed sleepless nights worrying about the ever-evolving pace of technology like AI, you had company—and lots of it, according to Compliance Week’s annual Inside the Mind of the CCO survey.
Posted inArtificial Intelligence
AI use cases in compliance: Real-world examples
AI is top of mind in compliance. CCOs and their teams are being asked to apply AI tools to compliance use cases in order to reduce manual processes, reduce costs, and reduce (or, in best cases, reallocate) headcount.
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Top tips to comply with EU AI Act’s transparency obligation
The EU’s recent decision to release an updated code of practice to help companies better understand the AI Act’s transparency requirements demonstrates the pitfalls that organizations face when trying to comply with rules that many expect to be strictly enforced.
Posted inArtificial Intelligence
Compliance is not your AI bottleneck. Your operating model is.
The next phase of AI regulation will not wait for the Executive Branch, Congress, or the lawyer at the end of the release cycle. Compliance evidence has to be assembled while the system assembles, or it will not assemble fast enough.
Posted inRisk Management
AI governance: The new compliance imperative
Artificial intelligence has moved from the innovation lab to the operating core of the modern enterprise. That shift has profound implications for corporate compliance professionals. AI is no longer simply a technology issue for the CIO, a legal issue for the general counsel, or a cybersecurity issue for the CISO. It is now a governance […]
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AI, finance and the new compliance mandate in APAC
A new report tells a story that compliance professionals should read carefully. While the report focuses on finance leaders across Asia Pacific, the real lesson for compliance is much broader: artificial intelligence is no longer a future-state technology discussion. It is now an operating model, risk management, governance, and controls issue. For CCOs, that means AI must move from the innovation agenda to the compliance agenda.
