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AI accountability after the demo is over

Every Tuesday, a short field note on what was approved, who owns the decision, and what evidence survives after deployment.

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April 7, 2026

The Governance Gap
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Nobody Owns This Agent.

The compliance officer had three folders. The vendor's responsible AI certification. The deployment approval chain. The risk classification framework. The examiner set each one aside. He had not asked about process. He had asked who is responsible for what it does.

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March 31, 2026

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The Board Met in January. Your Agent Wasn't Invited.

The Intent Gap is not primarily a deployment problem. Most organizations document intent at the start. The agent was doing exactly what it was told in October. The problem is that what October wanted and what February required had become different things, and the organization had no mechanism for telling the agent.

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March 24, 2026

The Governance Gap

Enron Was Audited Too.

Auditability and accountability are related concepts. They are not interchangeable ones. Microsoft Agent 365 will treat AI agents as auditable entities from May 1. Most enterprises have exhaled slightly upon reading that. Most of them should not have.

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