CIOs Must Reclaim Agency Over Our AI Future
CIO, Tuesday, January 27th, 2026
Big players in the AI market are eating up investments with few checks on their decision-making at the expense of other worthy IT endeavors. IT leaders can't afford to be bystanders to whatever comes next.
There is a dangerous disconnect between the people creating AI products and services and those who will be using them. I have seen little or no evidence that the executive teams at leading AI firms care much about CIOs and their 2026 agendas.
CIOs are on the sidelines - actually, they aren't even in the parking lots of the arenas where the decisions regarding the AI-heavy digital futures of our enterprises, our children, and their children are being made.
What are we going to do about this?