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Grant McGaugh discusses the implications of AI in business with Darrell T. Black, focusing on trust and compliance.

Send us Fan Mail AI is finally in everyone’s hands, and that’s exactly why it’s getting risky. Grant McGaugh sits down with veteran tech leader Darrell T. Black (CIO, CTO, CDO) to discuss what it really takes to bring AI into a business without compromising trust, compliance, or the back office. We get into the difference between experimenting with a chatbot and deploying AI inside the systems that run payroll, HR, finance, and customer data. Darrell shares a grounded view of AI readiness: u...

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Host: Grant McGaugh

Guest: Darrell T. Black

Topics covered

• AI implementation
• business technology
• trust and compliance
• HR systems
• finance
• customer data

Keywords

• AI
• business
• trust
• compliance
• HR
• finance
• customer data
• technology

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Organizations: AI

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