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Sabrina I. Pacifici, Multi-disciplinary Researcher, Law Librarian (MSLIS), KM, Analyst. Law, News, Finance, Intel, GovDocs & Writer, Editor, Publisher, Educator. SME - Legal Research, Financial System and Regulations, Privacy, Civil Liberties, GovDocs, Social Media, Climate.

Solo Editor, Publisher, Founder, Owner - LLRX.com® – the free e-journal on law, technology and research for Librarians, Lawyers, Researchers, Academics, and Journalists. Established in 1996, and published monthly.

Sabrina I. Pacifici is also the solo Researcher/Author/Publisher of beSpacific® - Accurate research and knowledge discovery of documents and resources focused on law, technology, government documents, civil liberties, privacy, justice and emerging technology issues - with a global perspective. Updated daily since 2002 with a searchable database of over 50,000 postings.

See also the beSpacific Mastodon feed updated daily, with unique resources to support effective, timely, focused, subject matter resource sharing.

AI in Finance and Banking, March 15, 2026

This semi-monthly column by Sabrina I. Pacifici highlights news, government documents, NGO/IGO papers, conferences, industry white papers and reports, academic papers and speeches, and central bank actions on the subject of AI’s fast paced impact on the banking and finance sectors. Seven highlights from this post: How does AI Distribute the pie? Large Language Models and the Ultimatum Game; AI Meets Fiscal Policy: Mapping Government Spending Actions Across 64 Countries; Anthropic suggests AI might be worse for hedge fund employees than bankers; Chaining Tasks, Redefining Work: A Theory of AI Automation; Where global economies sit in the AI stack; Labor market impacts of AI: A new measure and early evidence; and Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas – AI is simultaneously aiding and replacing workers, wage data suggest.

Subjects: AI in Banking and Finance, Economy, Financial System, Legal Research

The Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research, Public Health, and the Rule of Law – Part 7

This article is the seventh in a series focused on how the second Trump presidency unleashed a causal chain that has rapidly morphed into an extensive continued attack against civil liberties, commerce, government funded programs, research and the rule of law. The attacks quickly escalated beyond the federal sector into the private and non-profit arenas. In alignment with the Project 2025 roadmap cultural, historical and political censorship has made deep inroads into many aspects of American life. Sabrina I. Pacifici continues to identify new as well as expanded examples of administration directed censorship in the public and private sectors, along with the elimination of programs, services and data critical to education, healthcare, the environment, climate science, defense and the economy.

Subjects: Big Data, Civil Liberties, Congress, Economy, Food, Government Resources, Healthcare, Human Rights, Immigration Law, KM, Social Media

LLRX February 2026 Issue

The Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research, Public Health, and the Rule of Law – Part 7 – This article is the seventh in a series focused on how the second Trump presidency unleashed a causal chain that has rapidly morphed into an extensive continued attack against civil liberties, commerce, government funded programs, research …

Subjects: KM

AI in Finance and Banking – February 28, 2026

This semi-monthly column by Sabrina I. Pacifici highlights news, government documents, NGO/IGO papers, conferences, industry white papers and reports, academic papers and speeches, and central bank actions on the subject of AI’s fast paced impact on the banking and finance sectors. The chronological links provided are to the primary sources, and as available, indicate links to alternate free versions. Five highlights from this post: Firm Data on AI; We present the first representative international data on firm-level AI use; Chaining Tasks, Redefining Work: A Theory of AI Automation; Public Finance in the Age of AI: A Primer; Toward Expert Investment Teams: A Multi-Agent LLM System with Fine-Grained Trading Tasks; and U.S. Strikes in Middle East Use Anthropic, Hours After Trump Ban.

Subjects: AI in Banking and Finance

AI in Finance and Banking, February 15, 2026

This semi-monthly column by Sabrina I. Pacifici highlights news, government documents, NGO/IGO papers, conferences, industry white papers and reports, academic papers and speeches, and central bank actions on the subject of AI’s fast paced impact on the banking and finance sectors. The chronological links provided are to the primary sources, and as available, indicate links to alternate free versions. Five highlights from this post: A.I. and Our Economic Future; The financial stability implications of artificial intelligence and digital finance; Agentic AI In Financial Services: Where To Start And How To Scale?; AI, Opinion Ecosystems, and Finance; and How AI debt financing impacts duration supply and interest rates.

Subjects: AI in Banking and Finance, Financial System, Legal Research

LLRX January 2026 Issue – Articles and Columns

Attacks against the International Criminal Court: Who cares about victims of atrocity crimes? – The attacks against the ICC are part of a wholesale U.S. assault on international legal norms and institutions since the 20 January 2025 inauguration of President Donald J. Trump. Exactly a year later, Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney made a blunt …

Subjects: KM

AI in Finance and Banking, January 31, 2026

This semi-monthly column by Sabrina I. Pacifici highlights news, government documents, NGO/IGO papers, conferences, industry white papers and reports, academic papers and speeches, and central bank actions on the subject of AI’s fast paced impact on the banking and finance sectors. Six highlights from this post: The FCA has launched a review into the implications of advanced AI on consumers, retail financial markets and regulators; The Dangerous Illusion Of Explainable AI In Modern Finance; Companies including Palantir and Deloitte have collectively reaped more than $22bn from contracts linked to Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown; Digital Economics and AI Tutorial, Spring 2026, Alfred P. Sloane Foundation; Speculative Growth and the AI; and Behavioral Economics of AI: LLM Biases and Corrections.

Subjects: AI in Banking and Finance, Economy, Education, Financial System, Legal Research

AI In Finance and Banking, January 18, 2026

This semi-monthly column by Sabrina I. Pacifici highlights news, government documents, NGO/IGO papers, conferences, industry white papers and reports, academic papers and speeches, and central bank actions on the subject of AI’s fast paced impact on the banking and finance sectors. The chronological links provided are to the primary sources, and as available, indicate links to alternate free versions. Five highlights from this post: Markets brace for 2026 as investors flag potential AI overheating and uncertainty over Federal Reserve policy; Artificial intelligence and growth in advanced and emerging economies: short-run impact; Here’s what Wall Street bank CEOs are saying about head count in the age of AI; Why insurance companies should encourage solid AI risk management instead of excluding it; and SoftBank has completed its $40 billion investment commitment to OpenAI.

Subjects: AI in Banking and Finance, Economy, Financial System, Insurance Law

LLRX December 2025 Articles and Columns

The Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research, Public Health, and the Rule of Law – Part 6 – As we approach January 20, 2026, the one year mark of the second Trump administration, Americans are witnessing the exercise of vast, often illegal and unconstrained presidential powers, unprecedented in our history. The impact of these powers, …

Subjects: KM

The Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research, Public Health, and the Rule of Law – Part 6

As we approach January 20, 2026, the one year mark of the second Trump administration, Americans are witnessing the exercise of vast, often illegal and unconstrained presidential powers, unprecedented in our history. The impact of these powers, within our government, the private sector, and around the globe, continue to resonate. Part 6 of this series gives special attention to how operationalizing the full scope of actions outlined in the “Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise” has impacted the lives of ordinary Americans, regardless of where they live, with which party they may be affiliated, their age, ethnicity or gender. Consistent with the previous five parts of Sabrina I. Pacifici’s series, this article examines only one month, December 2025, of the Trump administration’s war every aspect of our democracy.

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Climate Change, Education, Energy, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Government Resources, Health, Healthcare, Legal Research, United States Law