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In the event you’re a regulator attempting to guard buyers from fraud, there are two methods to go about it.
One is to really struggle fraud. This is hard, and not getting easier. In the event you’re a Canadian securities regulator, it’s even more durable, as a result of your authority solely extends to the borders of your province or territory.
The second approach to do away with fraud is to coach individuals about fraud, which is arguably getting simpler, due to AI and social media. Meaning efficient market regulation might require a robust social media recreation.
With that in thoughts, the BC Securities Fee has quickly risen to the highest of our checklist of Canadian securities regulators — it’s an extended checklist, there are 13 of them! — with this video on AI fraud.
The excellent news is that resistance might not be as futile as our new besties on the BCSC make it out to be.
As we coated in a current Massive Examine consumer fraud, there are a rising variety of corporations arising with tech options to struggle “deep-phishing,” ie the AI-enabled model of the identical outdated e mail scams. Regulators and lawmakers are taking part in referee between shoppers and their monetary corporations, deciding who ought to bear the blame when frauds inevitably occur.
However hey, judging on movies alone, we are able to perceive why the makers of profanity-laden humorous “We’re F–ed” at BCSC are nonetheless solidly of their seats, and the Securities and Trade Fee’s Gary Gensler, whose “Office Hours” movies had been boring and boring, will not be.
