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By now you'd think we should all know that governance ought to be a huge deal when it comes to AI adoption. A new report from Riskonnect though finds AI governance gaps are showing up in three key places - company policies on what tools are approved; when to use them; and training employees on how to use them responsibly - all three being areas where enterprises ought to have learned their lesson during previous technology revolutions.

The headline finding of the 2026 New Generation of Risk Report - based on a survey of more than 250 risk, compliance, and resilience professionals worldwide - is that only 17% of respondents feel very prepared to manage AI and AI governance risks.

Meanwhile, less than half (46%) of respondents say employees at their company have been trained on how to evaluate AI outputs,...

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