AI governance

AI governance is the set of decision rights, policies, controls and oversight an organization uses to make sure AI systems are valuable, safe, lawful and accountable across their life cycle. In practice it starts with an inventory of AI use cases and a risk-tiering rule. See the AI Governance Playbook.

Why it matters at a CIO Cafe table

Terms like AI governance turn up at tables because the disagreement is usually about scope, not definition. Agreeing what the word means is the cheapest way to shorten a decision — which is why every table starts by framing the question in plain language.