This article discusses the SEC’s launch of an AI task force to drive innovation and operational efficiency.
In August 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) launched an internal artificial intelligence task force to try to drive innovation and operational efficiency. This move signals the agency’s transition from monitoring AI as an external trend to integrating it as an internal tool. The initiative has the potential to enhance the agency’s efficiency by using AI to enhance market surveillance, examinations, and enforcement.
In this article, coauthors Ross Askanazi, Ernest Kim Song, and Marina Martynova discuss how the SEC’s move to formalize an AI task force marks a significant step toward a more modernized market oversight. The SEC’s success will depend on its ability to balance these powerful automated tools with robust internal procedures and secure infrastructure to better protect investors in increasingly complex markets.
This article was originally published but Bloomberg Law in January 2026.
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