Maintain current knowledge of relevant regulations, including proposed and final rules.

“Maintain current knowledge of relevant regulations, including proposed and final rules.” is a core task performed by Regulatory Affairs Managers. Among the occupation's 27 rated tasks, workers place it 18th by importance (#10 most important). About 100% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Maintain current knowledge in area of expertise. in Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.50. Automation potential label: T3.

How AI is actually used on this kind of task

The Anthropic Economic Index observes how people actually use AI on tasks like this one across millions of real conversations.

• 0.005% share of AI-use records mapped to this task
• 94% of that use is work-related
• 100% of interactions still needed a human in the loop

Observed AI use describes people choosing to use AI as a tool on this kind of task today. It is augmentation and assistance, not a measure of jobs replaced.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Develop regulatory strategies and implementation plans for the preparation and submission of new products. · importance 4.7
• Review all regulatory agency submission materials to ensure timeliness, accuracy, comprehensiveness, or compliance with regulatory standards. · importance 4.6
• Direct the preparation and submission of regulatory agency applications, reports, or correspondence. · importance 4.5
• Investigate product complaints and prepare documentation and submissions to appropriate regulatory agencies as necessary. · importance 4.5
• Provide responses to regulatory agencies regarding product information or issues. · importance 4.4
• Represent organizations before domestic or international regulatory agencies on major policy matters or decisions regarding company products. · importance 4.4
• Provide regulatory guidance to departments or development project teams regarding design, development, evaluation, or marketing of products. · importance 4.3
• Manage activities such as audits, regulatory agency inspections, or product recalls. · importance 4.2
• Communicate regulatory information to multiple departments and ensure that information is interpreted correctly. · importance 4.1
• Formulate or implement regulatory affairs policies and procedures to ensure that regulatory compliance is maintained or enhanced. · importance 4.0
• Direct documentation efforts to ensure compliance with domestic and international regulations and standards. · importance 4.0
• Review materials such as marketing literature or user manuals to ensure that regulatory agency requirements are met. · importance 4.0
• Participate in the development or implementation of clinical trial protocols. · importance 3.9
• Implement or monitor complaint processing systems to ensure effective and timely resolution of all complaint investigations. · importance 3.8

See all tasks on the Regulatory Affairs Managers page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-task-18030,
  title  = {Maintain current knowledge of relevant regulations, including proposed and final rules.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-18030}
}