A lot of "AI evangelists" on LinkedIn push some hacks like using tools to record meetings "silently" so you don't distract the team. On the surface, it sounds like a great productivity win. But as an IT leader, I see a massive red flag. In a state like California, recording a conversation without everyone’s consent is a crime.

When influencers who have never built a data platform, give vibe-based advice, they often ignore the legal and security guardrails that keep a company safe. Read my deep dive take on how to spot "fake expertise" before it becomes a liability for your firm.

Your team may already be utilizing tools like ChatGPT and Midjourney to complete tasks more efficiently. But what happens when your confidential sales data or secret source code gets pasted into a public AI? 

It’s a significant blind spot for leaders, creating risks that are often invisible.

"Human-in-the-Loop" can sound like jargon, vague, and expensive. It brings up images of thousands of people in a room manually checking every single AI answer. It sounds slow and sounds like it defeats the purpose of AI. This is where teams get it wrong. You don’t need a human to check everything. You need a human to check the right things at the right time.