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Essays, research notes, practical observations, and ideas on trustworthy technology.
Beyond Human-in-the-Loop: Governing Agentic AI at Operational Speed
Human-in-the-loop was designed for systems that recommend. Agentic systems act. Governance now has to work at the speed of the machine while keeping authority firmly with people.
Read article →Why Digital Trust Must Become a Board-Level Responsibility
Trust in an organisation's digital conduct is now a balance-sheet issue. Boards that delegate it entirely to technical functions are governing yesterday's risk register.
Read article →Privacy and Trust in Peer-to-Peer Federated Learning
Removing the central server from federated learning removes a single point of failure — and a single point of trust. Notes on what replaces it.
Read article →When AI Governance Becomes a Compliance Theatre
Committees, principles, and registers can coexist comfortably with ungoverned AI. The test of real governance is whether it ever changes a decision.
Read article →Building Cyber Resilience Beyond Technical Controls
Controls prevent incidents. Resilience determines what an incident costs. The second is an organisational property, not a technical one.
Read article →Governing AI-Driven Incident Response in Public-Sector Organisations
Public-sector security operations are adopting AI faster than public-sector governance frameworks are adapting. Notes on closing that gap responsibly.
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