Your AI vendor contract isn’t agentic AI governance
Updated 17 October 2026. An AI addendum can allocate responsibilities. It cannot revoke a credential. That is the difference I want procurement conversations to keep in view.Contracts matter.…
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sovereign AI
I write about AI agents, governance and product decisions. Usually because a question won’t leave me alone. Have a different take? I’d like to hear it.
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Sovereign AI needs operational control, not just location
Updated 17 October 2026. A local data centre answers a location question. It does not automatically answer who can access the system, change it or stop it. Sovereignty…
Sovereign AI procurement needs an exit test
Updated 17 October 2026. A service can be local and still be difficult to leave. Exit is therefore a useful sovereignty question: what can the organisation take with…
Separate AI policy arguments from product requirements
Updated 17 October 2026. This article has been revised to separate the policy timeline from the product argument. See the current AI Act timeline for the category-specific dates…
Reuse AI frameworks, not unexamined conclusions
Updated 17 October 2026. This article has been revised to separate the policy timeline from the product argument. See the current AI Act timeline for the category-specific dates…
A written AI policy is not evidence of enforcement
Updated 17 October 2026. A written policy is a starting point. The question is whether a person or system behaves differently because it exists. Earlier unsourced market percentages…
Sovereign AI also needs a continuity plan
Updated 17 October 2026. Control over a deployment and continuity of service are related but different goals. A system can satisfy a location preference while remaining vulnerable to…
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