AI Is Powerful. But Who’s Governing the Power? | Latha Karthigaa

The Thought Atlas Podcast · Sep 4, 2026 · 35m

AI is becoming increasingly capable—but the harder question may not be what AI can do. It may be what we should allow it to do.

In this episode of Thought Atlas, I sit down with Latha Karthigaa, an AI governance expert and technology leader who serves as Head of AI Governance at the Global AI Certification Council. Latha began her career as a software engineer, completed a PhD in software engineering, worked for a software company, and later started a digital marketing company, which she says she has been running for around eight years.

Her work in AI governance has led her to focus on a…