A New Blue Sky: SEC Considerations in the Regulation of Autonomous AI Misconduct
Journal
American University Administrative Law Review Accord
Volume
10
Issue
1
Abstract
The mission of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or the Commission) is to “protect[] investors, maintain[] fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitat[e] capital formation.” The SEC upholds this mission by regulating U.S. financial activity, an industry particularly sensitive to recent advancements in technology. After the explosion of the Internet, the SEC established the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR) system to make corporate filings accessible to the public online. Similarly, the exponential growth of cryptocurrency and other digital assets challenged the way the SEC regulates securities. Now, nearly every industry benefits from utilizing artificial intelligence (AI), and the SEC must assess whether it can effectively regulate its use to protect investors, markets, and capital formation from malicious, reckless, or inadvertent uses of AI.
Repository Citation
Cristian Gonzalez,
A New Blue Sky: SEC Considerations in the Regulation of Autonomous AI Misconduct,
10
(2025).
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/stusch_lawrev/89