2026
  • Build vs buy in AI is downstream of organizational position, not upstream of it. The decision answered without that context is mostly noise.
  • Responsible AI in edtech needs the rigor of clinical or financial AI, plus a constraint those domains don't share: the population can't advocate for itself.
2025
  • The lightweight version of AI governance: four artifacts, named owners across functions you already have, before implicit governance is the only kind you've got.