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Six Questions Every Board Should Ask About Generative AI
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- Six questions every board should ask about generative AI: where customer data goes, which decisions a model may finish, who owns mistakes, unit cost, what gets retired and how to judge results in 90 days, with a quarter checklist and links to NIST and OWASP.
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