Professional licensing

  1. Professional ethics Judgment and competence

    California's Real Estate Regulator Says Using AI Does Not Alter Three Fundamental Principles

    An advisory for California's real estate licensees says only those licensed by the department may do licensed work, brokers must reasonably supervise, and fiduciary duties stand. If an AI tool generates inaccurate information, it says, responsibility under current law rests with the licensee and their responsible broker.

  2. The Book

    Prove Someone Read It

    Anyone can print a line saying a person reviewed the AI's work. Could you show it? A taxpayer advocate, a board that coordinates financial authorities, the ECB's bank supervisors, the European Commission, a medicines inspectorate, two older US federal rules, an engineers' board and five US federal agencies each speak to part of it. Here is how I read them.

  3. Ownership and vendors Deals and vendors

    US Customs Says an AI Classification Tool Can Amount to Unlicensed Customs Business

    A US Customs and Border Protection ruling says a company with no broker's license conducts customs business when its AI tool derives subheadings beyond the six-digit level for goods that will be entered. A tool, it adds, is not a person under the broker regulations.