Why AI Risk Is a Communications Problem Now - with Alec Crawford

About this episode

In this episode, Dan Nestle and Alec Crawford discuss the complexities of AI risk as a communications challenge rather than a mere procurement decision.

You don't roll out AI. It's not an ERP system. And yet most organizations are still treating it like a procurement decision, reaching for governance frameworks and compliance checklists as if the real challenge is containment rather than comprehension. In this episode of The Trending Communicator, host Dan Nestle sits down with Alec Crawford, founder and CEO of Artificial Intelligence Risk Incorporated and host of the AI Risk Reward podcast. Alec built neural networks at Harvard in 1987, spent 30 years on Wall Street as a risk officer managing hundreds of billions, and now builds AI governance, risk, compliance, and cybersecurity platforms. Alec and Dan dig into what risk actually looks like when every employee has access to intelligence, why the crisis playbook most companies rely on is already obsolete, and how deepfake threats and shadow AI are reshaping the landscape for communicators and executives alike. Listen in and hear about... Why domain expertise becomes more valuable, not less, in an AI-enabled organization The context window problem and what it means for accuracy and trust Shadow AI, jailbreak attacks, and the real cybersecurity threats facing companies How…

People in this episode

Host: Daniel Nestle

Guest: Alec Crawford

Topics covered

• AI risk management
• communications
• cybersecurity
• deepfakes
• organizational governance

Keywords

• AI governance
• risk compliance
• shadow AI
• deepfake threats
• communication strategies

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Artificial Intelligence Risk Incorporated

Books & works: AI Risk Reward podcast

Places: Harvard, Wall Street

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