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AI Today in 5

AI Today in 5: September 19, 2025, The AI is Scheming Edition Episode

Welcome to AI Today in 5, the newest edition to the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, Tom Fox will bring you 5 stories about AI, so start your day, sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to the AI Today In 5, all from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, we consider four stories from the business world, compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest related to AI.

Top AI stories include:

For more information on the use of AI in Compliance programs, my new book, Upping Your Game. You can purchase a copy of the book on Amazon.com.

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AI Today in 5

AI Today in 5: September 17, 2025, The What Are They Building Episode

Welcome to AI Today in 5, the newest edition to the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, Tom Fox will bring you 5 stories about AI, so start your day, sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to the AI Today In 5, all from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, we consider four stories from the business world, compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest related to AI.

Top AI stories include:

  • Workfusion raises $45 MM for financial crime compliance. (PYMNTS)
  • Smarter surveillance. (FinTech Global)
  • New AgenticAI compliance solutions. (Channel Insider)
  • Closing the AI divide. (ICC)
  • What are AI companies trying to build? (NYT)

For more information on the use of AI in Compliance programs, my new book, Upping Your Game. You can purchase a copy of the book on Amazon.com.

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AI Today in 5

AI Today in 5: September 15, 2025, The AI as ABC Minister Episode

Welcome to AI Today in 5, the newest edition to the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, Tom Fox will bring you 5 stories about AI, so start your day, sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to the AI Today In 5, all from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, we consider four stories from the business world, compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest related to AI.

Top AI stories include:

  • Albania appoints AI as the first Minister of ABC. (BBC)
  • AI compliance deadlines looming. (Bloomberg Law)
  • AI Doomers are losing. (Bloomberg)
  • Promises and perils of Agentic AI. (CCI)
  • Finance teams double the use of AI. (CCI)

For more information on the use of AI in Compliance programs, my new book, Upping Your Game. You can purchase a copy of the book on Amazon.com.

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AI Today in 5

AI Today in 5: September 9, 2025, The Investor Frenzy Continues Episode

Welcome to AI Today in 5, the newest edition to the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, Tom Fox will bring you 5 stories about AI, so start your day, sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to the AI Today In 5, all from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, we consider four stories from the business world, compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest related to AI.

Top AI stories:

For more information on the use of AI in Compliance programs, my new book, Upping Your Game. You can purchase a copy of the book on Amazon.com.

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Innovation in Compliance

Innovation in Compliance – Cybersecurity Challenges and Solutions: An In-Depth Interview with Robert Meyers

Innovation comes in many areas, and compliance professionals need to be ready for it and embrace it. Join Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, as he visits with top innovative minds, thinkers, and creators in the award-winning Innovation in Compliance podcast. In this episode, Tom Fox interviews Robert Meyers, a cybersecurity and privacy expert with over 30 years of experience.

Meyers shares his journey from starting in IT to becoming a prominent figure in cybersecurity, privacy, and M&A security. He recounts the evolution of cybersecurity from the 1980s to the present day, highlighting key lessons learned along the way. He discusses the philosophical divide between U.S. and European attitudes toward data privacy, the importance of a cross-functional approach to cybersecurity and privacy within companies, and how emerging technologies like agentic AI are reshaping the industry. He also shares insights from his new book, ‘Privacy Snippets for the Cybersecurity Professional,’ aimed at helping professionals bridge the gap between cybersecurity and privacy. Additionally, Meyers’s passion for Comic-Con offers a unique perspective on how creativity and community engagement can inform and enrich professional practices.

Key highlights:

  • Robert Meyers’ Professional Background
  • Early Cybersecurity Challenges
  • Evolution of Privacy and Security
  • Roles and Responsibilities in Cybersecurity
  • Agentic AI and Future Challenges
  • Comic-Con and Personal Interests
  • Advice for Aspiring Professionals

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Privacy Snippets for the Cybersecurity Professional on Amazon

Robert Meyers’ Profile on Amazon

Robert Meyers ‘on LinkedIn

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AI Today in 5

AI Today in 5: August 26, 2025, The Will AI Take Your Culture Episode

Welcome to AI Today in 5, the newest addition to the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, Tom Fox will bring you 5 stories about AI to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to the AI Today In 5. All, from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, we consider four stories from the business world, compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest about AI.

Top AI compliance stories:

  • AI simulates 1000 years of weather. (Phys Org)
  • Agentic AI for workflow. (FT)
  • Navigating the challenges of responsible AI. (Forbes)
  • 20 ways to design AI GRC plans that work. (Forbes)
  • Is AI coming for culture? (New Yorker)

For more information on the use of AI in Compliance programs, my new book, Upping Your Game. You can purchase a copy of the book on Amazon.com.

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Compliance Into the Weeds

Compliance into the Weeds: Agentic Misalignment and AI Ethics: Analyzing AI Behavior Under Pressure

The award-winning Compliance into the Weeds is the only weekly podcast that takes a deep dive into a compliance-related topic, literally going into the weeds to explore a subject more fully. Seeking insightful perspectives on compliance? Look no further than Compliance into the Weeds! In this episode of Compliance into the Weeds, Tom Fox and Matt Kelly discuss a recent Anthropic report that highlights “agentic misalignment in AI systems.”

The discussion addresses the unsettling, independent, and unethical behaviors exhibited by AI systems in extreme scenarios. The conversation explores the implications for corporate risk management, AI governance, and compliance, drawing parallels between AI behavior and human behavior using concepts such as the fraud triangle. The episode also explores how traditional anti-fraud mechanisms may be adapted for monitoring AI agents while reflecting on lessons from science fiction portrayals of AI ethics and risks.

Key highlights:

  • AI’s Unethical Behaviors
  • Comparing AI to Human Behavior
  • Fraud Triangle, the Anti-Fraud Triangle, and AI
  • Science Fiction Parallels

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Matt Kelly in Radical Compliance 

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A multi-award-winning podcast, Compliance into the Weeds was most recently honored as one of the Top 25 Regulatory Compliance Podcasts, a Top 10 Business Law Podcast, and a Top 12 Risk Management Podcast. Compliance into the Weeds has been conferred the Davey, Communicator, and W3 Awards for podcast excellence.

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Everything Compliance

Everything Compliance: Episode 152, The Season Opener Edition

Welcome to this edition of the award-winning Everything Compliance. In this episode, Matt Kelly, Jonathan Armstrong, Karen Moore, and Tom Fox, the Compliance Evangelist, will appear as panelists.

1. Karen Moore examines EU changes in reporting on ESG and CCCD and rants about the anxiety caused by the Trump Administration.

2. Matt Kelly reviews the off-channel messaging scandal. He rants about the Trevor Milton pardon.

3. Jonathan Armstrong takes a deep dive into Agentic AI and its implications for compliance. He shouts out to Russell Brand for unmasking British actor Penelope Keith as JFK’s assassin.

4. Tom Fox examines the world’s response to Trump’s suspension of FCPA enforcement. He shouts out to Opening Day of the 2025 MLB season and highlights his hometown heroes, the Houston Astros.

The members of Everything Compliance are:

The host and producer, rantor (and sometime panelist) of Everything Compliance is Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance. He can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com. Everything Compliance is a part of the award-winning Compliance Podcast Network.

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TechLaw10

TechLaw10: Agentic AI – What Is It & What Are The Risks?

In this film, Punter Southall Law’s Jonathan Armstrong discusses Agentic AI with Professor Eric Sinrod from his home in California. This is episode 291 in the popular TechLaw10 series.

The podcast includes top tips to help avoid issues when using Agentic AI. Jonathan & Eric discuss various aspects of the law’s impact on Agentic AI, including:

  • data location issues after regulatory activity against Deepseek
  • transparency
  • due diligence
  • decision-making in light of a recent ECJ decision
  • the impact of the EU AI Act
  • patent risk & other disclosure risks
  • bias & discrimination
  • existing laws like sanctions, procurement & IP

Jonathan also looks at a 3-step plan to reduce risk

  • understand the tech
  • look at rule setting for agents
  • consider a human in the loop, at least initially

Jonathan talked about the EU AI Act. There are FAQs on that here: The EU Artificial Intelligence Act. There is also a glossary of AI terms here: EU AI Act Glossary: Key terms & acronyms.

Jonathan discusses a recent ECJ judgment involving automated decision-making, and Eric discusses a case involving a hearing-impaired job applicant.

You can learn more about Eric at Duane Morris LLP: https://www.duanemorris.com/attorneys/ericjsinrod.html and Jonathan here at Punter Southall Law: https://puntersouthall.law/about-us/jonathan-armstrong/

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Compliance Tip of the Day

Compliance Tip of the Day – How Compliance Can Leverage Agentic AI Systems

Welcome to “Compliance Tip of the Day,” the podcast where we bring you daily insights and practical advice on navigating the ever-evolving landscape of compliance and regulatory requirements. Whether you’re a seasoned compliance professional or just starting your journey, we aim to provide bite-sized, actionable tips to help you stay on top of your compliance game. Join us as we explore the latest industry trends, share best practices, and demystify complex compliance issues to keep your organization on the right side of the law. Tune in daily for your dose of compliance wisdom, and let’s make compliance a little less daunting, one tip at a time.

Today, we continue our exploration of Agentic AI by considering how compliance can leverage Agentic AI systems.

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