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Innovation in Compliance

Innovation in Compliance: Bennett Borden on the AI Driven Law Practices of Clarion AI Partners

Innovation comes in many areas, and compliance professionals need to not only be ready for it but 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, host Tom speaks with Bennett Borden of Clarion AI Partners.

Borden is a lawyer and data scientist whose career has long focused on the intersection of law, data, and technology, including AI governance, compliance, and the legal implications of generative AI. Drawing on experience at the CIA, in big law, and leading AI-focused legal practices, he views generative AI as a disruptive force reshaping both legal services and business models. Borden argues that effective AI governance requires “governance engineering”: translating legal obligations into technical controls and measurable proof of compliance rather than treating compliance as a separate burden. He also encourages lawyers and organizations to embrace AI proactively, using it to build more efficient, future-ready practices while managing risk through practical, system-level safeguards.

 

Key highlights:

  • AI-Driven Law Practice Beyond the Billable Hour
  • Compliance as guardrails for faster innovation
  • Gift, Travel, and Entertainment Sandbox Projects
  • Trust Built by Enterprise Licenses and Safeguards
  • Microsecond-by-Microsecond Compliance Proof for AI Governance

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Innovation in Compliance was recently honored as the Number 4 podcast in Risk Management by 1,000,000 Podcasts

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AI in Healthcare

AI in Healthcare: Five Healthcare AI Stories You Need to Know This Week – September 4, 2026

Welcome to AI in Healthcare in 5 Stories. This podcast is a weekly briefing on the five most important AI developments shaping healthcare, medicine, and life sciences. Each week, Tom Fox breaks down the latest stories on clinical innovation, regulation, privacy, compliance, patient safety, and operational transformation through a practical, business-focused lens. Designed for healthcare compliance professionals, executives, legal teams, clinicians, and industry leaders, the podcast moves beyond headlines to explain what each development means in the real world.

The top five stories for the week ending September 4, 2026, include:

  1. Embedded AI can save lives. (Healthcare Finance)
  2. Do nurses have a visibility issue with AI? (Nursing Times)
  3. What should be in medical records in the AI era? (HealthcareITNews)
  4. AI is moving medicine to prevention. (MedicalExpress)
  5. Using AI to improve infection prevention. (University of Colorado Anschutz)

For more information on the use of AI in Compliance programs, Tom Fox’s new book, Upping Your Game, is available. You can purchase a copy of the book on Amazon.com.

To learn about the intersection of Sherlock Holmes and the modern compliance professional, check out Tom’s latest book, The Game is Afoot-What Sherlock Holmes Teaches About Risk, Ethics and Investigations on Amazon.com.

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AI in Financial Services in 5 Stories

AI in Financial Services in 5 Stories – Week Ending September 4, 2026

Welcome to AI in Financial Services in 5 Stories. A practical weekly roundup of the five most important AI developments affecting banking, insurance, payments, asset management, and fintech. Each Friday, Tom Fox will break down the top stories that matter most through the lenses of compliance, risk management, governance, and business strategy. Designed for compliance professionals, executives, legal teams, and financial services leaders, it goes beyond headlines to explain why each development matters in a highly regulated industry. The result is a concise weekly briefing that helps listeners stay current on AI innovation while asking sharper questions about oversight, accountability, and trust.

This week’s stories include the following:

  1. AI spots gaps in financial firms’ cybersecurity faster than companies can fix them. (FT)
  2. NVB urges AI for transaction monitoring. (AML Intelligence)
  3. AI puts banking governance to the test. (QA Financial)
  4. Does AI threaten the global banking system? (CNBC)
  5. How the Middle East became an AI fintech hub. (Arab News)

For more information on the use of AI in Compliance programs, Tom Fox’s new book, Upping Your Game, is available. You can purchase a copy of the book on Amazon.com.

To learn about the intersection of Sherlock Holmes and the modern compliance professional, check out Tom’s latest book, The Game is Afoot-What Sherlock Holmes Teaches About Risk, Ethics and Investigations on Amazon.com.

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AI Today in 5

AI Today in 5: September 4, 2026, The Cutting False Positives Edition

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 AI Today in 5. All from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, we consider five stories from the business world on compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest in AI.

Top AI stories include:

  1. Using Agentic AI to cut false positives in AML. (FinTech Global)
  2. The compliance gap in AI notetakers. (Investment News)
  3. 3 paths forward for AI in healthcare. (Healthcare Finance)
  4. AI adoption gaps in finance. (Fintech Finance News)
  5. Looking for AI-proof assets. (WSJ)

For more information on using AI in compliance programs, Tom Fox’s new book, Upping Your Game, is available. You can purchase a copy of the book on ⁠Amazon.com⁠.

To learn about the intersection of Sherlock Holmes and the modern compliance professional, check out Tom’s latest book, The Game is Afoot-What Sherlock Holmes Teaches About Risk, Ethics and Investigations on ⁠Amazon.com⁠.

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Compliance and AI

Compliance and AI: The Psychology of AI Adoption at Work: Overcoming Fear, Identity Threat, and Shadow AI

What is the intersection of AI and compliance? What about machine learning? Are you using ChatGPT? These questions are just three of the many we will explore in this cutting-edge podcast series, Compliance and AI, hosted by Tom Fox, the award-winning Voice of Compliance. Today, Tom visits with Dr. Gleb Tsipursky about his book, The Psychology of AI Adoption at Work: From Resistance to Results (Georgetown University Press), arguing that AI adoption fails mainly due to human factors, not tool complexity.

Citing Pew research showing widespread anxiety about AI and an MIT finding that 95% of AI pilots fail to scale, Dr. Tsipursky describes three emotional blockers: fear of job loss (“AI alarmists”), identity threat when AI automates work people take pride in (“pragmatic resisters”), and shame-driven “reluctant adopters” who use AI secretly, fueling shadow AI risk and limiting ROI. He advises leaders to commit to growth over layoffs, automate disliked tasks first, model AI use, and create sharing channels and meetings to normalize safe adoption. He also emphasizes governance with clear ethical guardrails and individual accountability, replacing approval bottlenecks that drive shadow use.

Key highlights:

  • Why AI Adoption Fails
  • Three Emotional Blockers
  • Trust and Social Stigma
  • AI Versus Calculators
  • Creating Psychological Safety
  • Tactics for Identity Threat
  • Ending Shadow AI Usage
  • Ethical Guardrails and Governance
  • What Success Looks Like

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AI Today in 5

AI Today in 5: September 3, 2026, The Spotting Cybersecurity Gaps Edition

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 AI Today in 5. All from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, we consider five stories from the business world on compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest in AI.

Top AI stories include:

  1. AI spots Cyber gaps faster than companies can fix them. (FT)
  2. OpenAI to restrict Astra. (WSJ)
  3. Is AI governance following the same path as privacy compliance? (JD Supra)
  4. NVB urges banks to embrace AI for transaction monitoring. (AML Intelligence)
  5. AML foundations must be robust for AI to work. (FinTechGlobal)

For more information on using AI in compliance programs, Tom Fox’s new book, Upping Your Game, is available. You can purchase a copy of the book on ⁠Amazon.com⁠.

To learn about the intersection of Sherlock Holmes and the modern compliance professional, check out Tom’s latest book, The Game is Afoot-What Sherlock Holmes Teaches About Risk, Ethics and Investigations on ⁠Amazon.com⁠.

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AI Today in 5

AI Today in 5: September 2, 2026, The Farmers Edition

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 AI Today in 5. All from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, we consider five stories from the business world on compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest in AI.

Top AI stories include:

  1. Streamlining compliance reviews with AI. (Business Wire)
  2. Musicians sue Suno. (WSJ)
  3. Consultants heading for a showdown with clients. (FT)
  4. John Deere to create a chatbot for farmers. (Bloomberg)
  5. USDA to use AI and satellites for crop estimates. Farmers are not amused. (Reuters)

For more information on using AI in compliance programs, Tom Fox’s new book, Upping Your Game, is available. You can purchase a copy of the book on ⁠Amazon.com⁠.

To learn about the intersection of Sherlock Holmes and the modern compliance professional, check out Tom’s latest book, The Game is Afoot-What Sherlock Holmes Teaches About Risk, Ethics and Investigations on ⁠Amazon.com⁠.

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AI Today in 5

AI Today in 5: September 1, 2026, The Increased Burden Edition

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 AI Today in 5. All from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, we consider five stories from the business world on compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest in AI.

Top AI stories include:

  1. The new burden for compliance in the age of AI. (Forbes)
  2. How agentic AI is reshaping financial crime compliance. (AML Intelligence)
  3. ChatGPT says it didn’t steal Apple employees; rather, Apple has ‘poor offboarding.’ (WSJ)
  4. ChatGPT faces tougher safety issues in the EU. (FT)
  5. Banks are rethinking legacy SW costs to fund AI. (Asian Banking & Finance)

For more information on using AI in compliance programs, Tom Fox’s new book, Upping Your Game, is available. You can purchase a copy of the book on ⁠Amazon.com⁠.

To learn about the intersection of Sherlock Holmes and the modern compliance professional, check out Tom’s latest book, The Game is Afoot-What Sherlock Holmes Teaches About Risk, Ethics and Investigations on ⁠Amazon.com⁠.

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Innovation in Compliance

Innovation in Compliance: Paul Welter on AI Legal Reasoning for Embedded Compliance Workflows

Innovation comes in many areas, and compliance professionals need to not only be ready for it but also 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, host Tom visits with Paul F. Welter, co-founder at Bayshore AI.

Welter is a German-qualified lawyer whose path into legal innovation began with an early background in software engineering, giving him a rare combination of legal and technical expertise. That experience led him to study how legal reasoning could be automated at Stanford Law School’s Codex, and later to co-found Bayshore AI to build LLM-based tools for in-house legal and compliance teams. He believes AI can help scale legal and compliance support because demand far exceeds human capacity, but he expects adoption to happen gradually through copilots, policy chatbots, and targeted workflow automation rather than a sudden transformation. At the same time, he stresses that regulated companies need systems that are transparent, auditable, and able to show how decisions are made, with human oversight remaining essential for higher-risk matters and regulator-facing accountability.

Key highlights:

  • AI Legal Reasoning for Embedded Compliance Workflows
  • Auditable Legal Decision Logic from Conventional Programs
  • Customer-Specific Policy Logic with Deterministic Compliance
  • Logic translated into code for reviewable decisions
  • Full-time employee days of manual compliance checks
  • AI copilots, compliance workflows, and decision trails

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Innovation in Compliance was recently honored as the Number 4 podcast in Risk Management by 1,000,000 Podcasts

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FCPA Compliance Report

FCPA Compliance Report: Mara Senn on AI-Native, Human-in-the-Loop Investigations for Compliance

In this episode, Tom Fox welcomes Mara Senn, founder and CEO of Ethakos, about her path from big law and a decade as a partner at Arnold & Porter to anti-corruption work at the Kleptocracy Initiative, investigations at the World Bank, and in-house leadership roles at Fortune 500 medical device and pharma companies.

Senn explains she built the Ethakos compliance investigations platform using “vibe coding” with Claude, reducing reliance on software engineers and enabling rapid product decisions. She describes Ethakos as AI-native and human-in-the-loop, designed around how compliance teams actually work, with cleaner data creation, configurable workflows, and features that automate painful reporting tasks (e.g., investigation updates) and first drafts of chronologies, interview outlines, and reports. Senn emphasizes audibility via logs and citations, advises starting AI projects with clear risk goals, and predicts AI will remove menial work so teams can cover more risks while becoming more data- and tech-forward. Contact options include ethakos.com, email, and LinkedIn.

Key highlights:

  • Why Build Ethakos
  • AI Native Platform Design
  • Solving Reporting Pain
  • Starting AI in Compliance
  • Avoiding Common AI Mistakes
  • Investigation Workflow Automation
  • Auditability and Regulator Proofing
  • Future of Compliance Teams

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To learn about the intersection of Sherlock Holmes and the modern compliance professional, check out Tom’s latest book, The Game is Afoot-What Sherlock Holmes Teaches About Risk, Ethics and Investigations on ⁠Amazon.com⁠.