#17 Preview: Renee Murphy: 2026. The Year AI Entered Through the Back Door

Don't panic. In our next (and final 2026) episode ... governance, risk and compliance expert Renee Murphy reflects on the highs and (the very) lows of AI in 2026.

In this preview, Renee believes 2026 was the year organisations began adopting agentic AI at scale, not necessarily because they understood or governed it, but because they trusted their technology vendors enough to introduce it.

Renee argues that organisations increasingly relied on third-party software providers to embed agentic AI into existing platforms and business processes. This made adoption easier because the AI operated within controlled environments, or what she describes as deterministic platforms, limiting the scope for unpredictable behaviour.

BUT the governance of third party AI remains borderline scary and Renee predicts we'll see the consequences of that sometime in 2027.

Reminder: Episode 17 will be published on 20 November 2026 and will complete Season 1, after publishing over 20 shows in our first series.

We'll be back in 2027 with Season 2 in February 2027 with more AI Hitchhikers.

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