BMW Toronto made headlines for honoring its AI agent’s overly generous offer for a customer-owned X3. CarBuzz’s Ian Wright blames misplaced trust in technology for the $7,000 error. +
A Carleton survey of consumer finance executives finds 87% are in the process of modernizing aging legacy systems and only 8.7% have finished. +
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order establishing federal regulatory oversight of advanced AI, establishing a 30-day government review period for “frontier” models. +
President Donald Trump called off an executive order establishing constraints on AI hours before a signing ceremony, fearing it would affect America’s competitive advantage. +
Point Predictive has integrated with Stellantis MarketCenter, offering franchised dealers access to BorrowerCheck and Driver’s License Scan. +
A new report from Halcyon finds ransomware attacks now account for 44% of all reported cyber incidents after more than doubling in frequency last year. +
Autoblog’s Leroy Marion reports on the “full replica” of a Georgia Lexus dealer’s online presence that convinced a would-be customer to pay $77,300 for a nonexistent vehicle. +
An InformedIQ study based on a survey of more than 2,500 auto finance professionals finds the majority live in fear of “data hallucinations” as the burden of fraud grows. +
Upstream’s latest auto industry cybersecurity report finds ransom-related attacks accounted for 44% of publicly reported incidents in 2025, double the previous year’s rate. +
AutoUnify will help Experian deliver its AI-powered decisioning technology and identity verification expertise to detect and prevent fraud no matter where transactions are completed. +
