Beyond The One-Off: Why Ad-Hoc AI Compliance Is A Dangerous Corporate Illusion

In the rush to capture the perceived benefits of AI, we are continuing to see corporate leaders who want to dive straight into management or compliance simply focused on “this” product or “that” service, asking for a quick review, and wanting to avoid anything that looks like bureaucratic friction. We get it! But with every passing day, AI is incorporated into more functions, the technology becomes more capable (and risky) – and like it or not, it is just untenable to continue trying to apply AI governance as a series of isolated, one-off events that address only the system directly in the pre-launch seat at that moment. It is not practical, and definitely not sufficient, to spin up a new risk assessment approach for every system about to be procured, developed, or deployed.