AI Governance: Navigating the New Frontier

About this episode

Kate Carruthers discusses AI governance with expert James Kavanagh, focusing on the challenges and opportunities in building safe and lawful AI systems.

In this episode of the Data Revolution podcast, host Kate Carruthers chats with James Kavanagh, an expert in AI governance. They discuss the challenges and opportunities in building AI systems that are safe, secure, and lawful. James shares his journey from engineering to AI governance, emphasising the importance of human oversight and the evolving landscape of AI regulations. The conversation covers topics such as the role of AI in society, the impact of regulations like the EU AI Act, and the need for interdisciplinary collaboration in AI governance.You can find James online here: https://blog.aicareer.pro/ And his free course here: https://governance.aicareer.pro/ https://datarevolution.tech/2025/10/future-of-ai-governance/

People in this episode

Host: Kate Carruthers

Guest: James Kavanagh

Topics covered

• AI governance
• AI regulations
• human oversight
• interdisciplinary collaboration
• AI in society

Keywords

• AI governance
• human oversight
• EU AI Act
• AI regulations
• interdisciplinary collaboration

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: EU AI Act, AI Career, Data Revolution

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