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October 26, 2026: Bill Russell and Sarah Richardson, back from the CTO, CIO, and CISO summits at Lake Oconee.
At Lake Oconee, Bill Russell heard a lot of AI governance talk. Some of it sounded responsible. Some of it sounded like a shield held up by leaders who find AI overwhelming and want the pace slowed to one they are comfortable with. In his view, AI governance should speed up the adoption of technology.
His advice to CIOs is to start in IT and leave clinical for later. Put the network configs and security settings in one repository an AI can read, and in about 15 minutes it can list the…
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