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ASIC has signalled increased focus on AI-assisted advice in 2026. For AFSL-licensed mortgage brokers and financial planners, the question isn't whether AI helps — it's whether the audit trail survives a Best Interests Duty review. Here's what compliant looks like.
By Roman Silantev — 30 April 2026
Most NDIS providers treat audit prep as a discrete project four weeks before the audit window. The strengthened Practice Standards and the Quality and Safeguards Commission's increased unannounced visit frequency make that approach unsustainable. Here's the operating cadence that replaces it.
By Roman Silantev — 30 April 2026
ChatGPT is the AI tool every team has a tab open to. For Australian professional services firms with regulatory obligations, using it on client data exposes the firm in ways most partners haven't yet absorbed. Here's the specific exposure, and what compliant looks like.
By Roman Silantev — 30 April 2026
What actually happens between signing a SydClaw pilot and the AI employee handling its first real workflow. Day-by-day walkthrough — what the AI Lab Australia team does, what the client team does, and what trips up the deployments that miss the date.
By Roman Silantev — 30 April 2026
Australian firms cannot send client PII to overseas AI models in plaintext, and yet the AI needs context to be useful. The privacy router pattern resolves the tension. Here's how it works in production, what it costs, and what it cannot protect against.
By Roman Silantev — 30 April 2026
From 10 December 2026, every Australian business making automated decisions about individuals must explain those decisions on request. Here's what changes, what's already in force, and what to fix before the deadline.
By Roman Silantev — 29 April 2026
17 detection patterns ensure personal information never leaves Australia in plaintext. A deep dive into our zero-knowledge architecture.
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