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AI Isn't The Risk - Not Being Able To Explain It Is

CIO, Tuesday, February 17th, 2026

AI won't break the enterprise by failing - it will break trust when leaders can't explain why it made a decision they're expected to defend.

Why the emerging tech conversation feels incomplete

I keep hearing the same emerging tech story repeated: better models, smarter copilots, more autonomous agents. The demos look impressive, but they often miss what is happening inside real organizations.

From where I sit, the challenge is no longer whether AI works. It is whether we can run it responsibly once it is embedded in day-to-day operations.

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