Why It Matters
Technology companies face an increasingly complex regulatory landscape spanning AI governance, data privacy, antitrust scrutiny, and platform accountability. Tracking compliance risks across multiple companies and jurisdictions manually is time-consuming and fragmented, while regulatory developments appear scattered across news coverage, SEC filings, and earnings transcripts.What It Does
TheGenerateReport class in the bigdata-research-tools package systematically analyzes regulatory exposure across company watchlists using unstructured data from news, filings, and transcripts. Built for risk managers and investment professionals, it transforms scattered regulatory information into quantifiable risk intelligence and identifies proactive company mitigation strategies.
How It Works
TheGenerateReport combines automated theme taxonomies, multi-source content retrieval, and LLM-powered risk scoring to deliver:
- Sector-wide regulatory mapping across technology domains (AI, Social Media, Hardware & Chips, E-commerce, Advertising)
- Company-specific risk quantification using Media Attention, Risk/Financial Impact, and Uncertainty metrics
- Mitigation strategy extraction from corporate communications to identify compliance approaches
- Structured output for reporting ranking regulatory issues by intensity and business impact
A Real-World Use Case
This cookbook demonstrates the complete workflow through analyzing regulatory challenges across the “Magnificent 7” tech companies, showing how the generator automatically creates comprehensive risk assessments and extracts company response strategies from multiple document sources. Ready to get started? Let’s dive in!Prerequisites
To run the Report Generator workflow, you can choose between two options:-
💻 GitHub cookbook
- Use this if you prefer working locally or in a custom environment.
- Follow the setup and execution instructions in the
README.md. - API keys are required:
- Option 1: Follow the key setup process described in the
README.md - Option 2: Refer to this guide: How to initialise environment variables
- ❗ When using this method, you must manually add the OpenAI API key:
- ❗ When using this method, you must manually add the OpenAI API key:
- Option 1: Follow the key setup process described in the
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🐳 Docker Installation
- Docker installation is available for containerized deployment.
- Provides an alternative setup method with containerized deployment, simplifying the environment configuration for those preferring Docker-based solutions.
Setup and Imports
Below is the Python code required for setting up our environment and importing necessary libraries.Defining the Report Parameters
Fixed Parameters
- General Theme (
general_theme): The central regulatory concept to explore across all technology domains - Specific Focus Areas (
list_specific_focus): Technology sectors where regulatory issues are particularly relevant - Bigdata (
bigdata): Bigdata connection
Customizable Parameters
- Watchlist (
my_watchlist_id): The set of companies to analyze. This is the ID of your watchlist in the watchlist section of the app. - Model Selection (
llm_model): The LLM model used to label search result document chunks and generate summaries - Frequency (
search_frequency): The frequency of the date ranges to search over. Supported values:Y: Yearly intervalsM: Monthly intervalsW: Weekly intervalsD: Daily intervals. Defaults to3M
- Time Period (
start_dateandend_date): The date range over which to run the analysis - Fiscal Year (
fiscal_year): If the document type is transcripts or filings, fiscal year needs to be specified - Focus (
focus): Specify a focus within the main theme. This will then be used in building the LLM generated mindmapper - Document Limits (
document_limit_news,document_limit_filings,document_limit_transcripts): The maximum number of documents to return per query to Bigdata API for each category of documents - Batch Size (
batch_size): The number of entities to include in a single batched query
Generate Report
We initialize the class GenerateReport and in the following section of the cookbook, we will go through each step used by this class to generate the report. In the colab cookbook you can skip the step-by-step process and directly run thegenerate_report() method in the section Direct Method.
Mindmap a Theme Taxonomy with Bigdata Research Tools
You can leverage Bigdata Research Tools to generate a comprehensive theme taxonomy with an LLM, breaking down regulatory themes into smaller, well-defined concepts for more targeted analysis across different technology focus areas.
Retrieve Content
With the theme taxonomy and screening parameters, you can leverage the Bigdata API to run searches on company news, filings, and transcripts across different regulatory focus areas.Label the Results
Use an LLM to analyze each document chunk and determine its relevance to the regulatory themes. Any document chunks which aren’t explicitly linked to Regulatory Issues will be filtered out.Document Distribution Visualization
You can visualize the tables showing the count of different document types for each company in the given universe. This helps you understand the distribution and availability of regulatory information across different sources for each entity. Table for All Retrieved Documents about Regulatory Issues

Summarizer
The following code is used to create summaries for regulatory themes at both sector-wide and company-specific levels using the information from the retrieved documents.Company Response Analysis
Extract company mitigation strategies and regulatory responses from filings and transcripts to understand how companies are proactively addressing regulatory challenges.Generate Final Report
The following code provides an example of how the final regulatory issues report can be formatted, ranking topics based on their Media Attention, Risk/Financial Impact, and Uncertainty. You can customize the ranking system by specifying the number of top themes to display withuser_selected_nb_topics_themes.
Report: Regulatory Issues in the Tech Sector
Sector-Wide Issues
Regulatory Issues in AI
Regulatory Issues in AI
Regulatory Investigations of AI Practices
Regulatory Investigations of AI Practices
Class Action Lawsuits in AI
Class Action Lawsuits in AI
Export Restrictions on AI Chips
Export Restrictions on AI Chips
Regulatory Issues in Advertising
Regulatory Issues in Advertising
Regulatory Investigations
Regulatory Investigations
Class Action Lawsuits
Class Action Lawsuits
Truth in Advertising
Truth in Advertising
Regulatory Issues in E-commerce
Regulatory Issues in E-commerce
E-commerce Trade Regulations
E-commerce Trade Regulations
E-commerce Legal Penalties
E-commerce Legal Penalties
E-commerce Taxation Policies
E-commerce Taxation Policies
Company-Specific Issues
Amazon.com Inc.
Amazon.com Inc.
Most Reported Issue
Most Reported Issue
Biggest Risk
Biggest Risk
Most Uncertain Issue
Most Uncertain Issue
Company's Response
Company's Response
Apple Inc.
Apple Inc.
Most Reported Issue
Most Reported Issue
Biggest Risk
Biggest Risk
Most Uncertain Issue
Most Uncertain Issue
Company's Response
Company's Response
Meta Platforms Inc.
Meta Platforms Inc.
Most Reported Issue
Most Reported Issue
Biggest Risk
Biggest Risk
Most Uncertain Issue
Most Uncertain Issue
Company's Response
Company's Response
- Most Reported Issue: The regulatory topic receiving the highest volume of media coverage
- Biggest Risk: The regulatory issue with the highest potential financial and business impact
- Most Uncertain Issue: The regulatory matter with the greatest ambiguity and unpredictability
Export the Results
Export the data as Excel files for further analysis or to share with the team.Conclusion
The Regulatory Issues Report Generator provides a comprehensive automated framework for analyzing regulatory risks and company mitigation strategies across the technology sector. By systematically combining advanced information retrieval with LLM-powered analysis, this workflow transforms unstructured regulatory information into structured, decision-ready intelligence. Through the automated analysis of regulatory challenges across multiple technology domains, you can:- Analyze regulatory intensity - Compare regulatory scrutiny levels across different technology sectors (AI, Social Media, Hardware & Chips, E-commerce, Advertising) to identify compliance challenges
- Assess company-specific risk profiles - Compare how companies within your watchlist are exposed to different regulatory issues using quantitative scoring across Media Attention, Risk/Financial Impact, and Uncertainty dimensions
- Monitor proactive compliance strategies - Track how companies are responding to regulatory challenges through their filings, transcripts, and public communications, identifying best practices and strategic approaches
- Quantify regulatory uncertainty - The comprehensive scoring system provides clear metrics to identify which regulatory issues pose the greatest ambiguity and unpredictability for strategic planning
- Generate sector-wide intelligence - Create comprehensive reports that inform regulatory strategy, compliance planning, and investment decisions across technology companies
- Analyze regulatory landscape for specific periods - Generate comprehensive snapshots of regulatory challenges and company responses for defined time periods, enabling informed risk assessment and strategic planning