Artificial intelligence, or super intelligence, as the Trump administration now calls it, will be on regulators' radar in the new year, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission's 2027 fiscal year examination priorities.

The securities regulator will be focused on a wide range of areas, with a focus on emerging tech and AI that could affect compliance, fraud and investor protection, the SEC said on Friday.

"The markets we oversee continue to evolve rapidly, and the examination program must evolve with them," said Keith Cassidy, director of the SEC’s Division of Examinations in a statement. "Our approach enables us to adapt to changing market conditions, identify developing risk patterns, respond to emerging threats, and anticipate areas where investors and the markets may be vulnerable."

Specifically, the SEC said more and more registrants are using SI to analyze investments and develop code. Meanwhile, bad actors are launching cyberattacks that are becoming harder to detect. So future examinations will focus on whether those registrants are complying with its rules around assessing and preparing for potential threats from AI-related cyberattacks that could affect their businesses and customers, the SEC said.

The SEC said it will also be focused on how companies use certain AI services such as trading algorithms and risks associated with it.

"The Division will prioritize firms that engage in activities such as automated investment advisory services, recommendations, and related tools and methods," the agency said.

AI oversight has swung into the spotlight following the hacking of Hugging Face over the summer, drawing scrutiny from lawmakers. On Friday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren sent letters to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chair Travis Hill and Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan Gould over its new rule that she said leaves the banking system more vulnerable to attacks, increasingly through AI.

"This rule is especially harmful at a time when AI-enabled cyberattacks are intensifying and placing critical financial infrastructure at risk," Warren said. "As advancements in frontier AI increasingly enable bad actors to conduct cyberattacks, your agencies should be strengthening bank examiners’ supervisory tools and their ability to enforce strong cybersecurity standards, not gutting them."

Warren ultimately asked them to rescind that rule.