Steve and I talked about:

- AI "​Psychosis​": https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/27/tech-ceos-are-apparently-suffering-from-ai-psychosis/

- A new White House ​EO​ on AI security: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/06/promoting-advanced-artificial-intelligence-innovation-and-security/

- Meta's AI customer support chatbot ​failure​: https://futurism.com/future-society/meta-ai-support-bot-hackers-access-instagram-accounts

- Colorado passing ​SB26-189​, covering "Automated Decision-Making Technology": https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116489/download

- How a Company allegedly ​spent​ $500 million on Anthropic AI tokens in a single month: https://dailycaller.com/2026/05/29/company-accidentally-spent-half-billion-anthropic-claude-ai-pentagon/

Cameron and I tackled these topics as well as:

• The EU AI Act
• AI-powered phishing
• Scoping ISO 42001 engagements

Steve and I connected on: - AI backlash: https://www.the74million.org/article/gen-z-increasingly-skeptical-of-and-angry-about-artificial-intelligence/

Federal AI Safety discussions:

-- https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/07/white-house-ai-oversight-00910837

-- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/allinpod_david-sacks-fda-for-ai-is-fake-news-but-activity-7459311154281103360-atOK

-- https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5866292-white-house-ai-evaluation-process/

-- https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/right-way-regulate-artificial-intelligence-alondra-nelson

- Colorado gutting SB-205: https://www.troutmanprivacy.com/2026/05/colorado-legislature-passes-bill-to-repeal-and-replace-colorado-ai-act/

- AI Chiefs in the Boardroom: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/11/heres-how-artificial-intelligence-is-changing-boardrooms.html

Cameron and I talked about:

- How large does a company have to be to recommend ISO 42001?
- How do you avoid constant turnover of your AI inventory (you don't)?
- What minimum documentation is needed per AI use case? (or before bringing on an AI system or vendor?)
- What’s a realistic training and awareness program about AI for non-technical staff?
- Are the following over- / under- / properly-hyped?
-- Running AI locally
-- AI Governance Tools/Platforms
-- Model eval benchmarks (SWE‑bench, red‑team scores, "safety" leaderboards)
-- “Innovation‑first,” light‑touch approach to AI Governance
-- Claude Mythos

I talked with David Forman, CEO of Mastermind. The company is the only pure-play ISO certification body in the U.S. and was the first worldwide to issue an ISO 42001 certificate. We discussed:

- Misconceptions (and reality) about the standard

- How to scope the AIMS (and audit)

- Traveling the world as a founder

- Surveillance pricing (side quest)

I spoke with Danny Manimbo, Managing Principal at Schellman, who leads the firm’s AI governance and ISO assurance services. Danny and I talked about:

• What firms miss when preparing for ISO 42001 audits.
• How they continually improve and what metrics they track.
• The role that ultra-marathon running played in Danny’s personal and professional life.

Cameron Gaudet and I chatted on the Aware AI Brief about:

• How do you determine "high-risk"? (Additionally WHO determines a "high-risk" AI system?)

• What does "AI Bias" actually mean? What is being evaluated and measured?
• Is vibe coding "good"?

Here is the reference database we discussed: https://reference.stackaware.com/

To kick off March 2026, Steve and I talked:

- Anthropic's big moves when it comes to:
-- ​Claude Code Security​: https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-code-security
-- Facing ​off​ against the Department of War: https://www.anthropic.com/news/statement-comments-secretary-war

- The emergence of "​AI;DR​" as a phrase: https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/aidr-meaning

- Citrini Research's doomsday ​report​: https://www.citriniresearch.com/p/2028gic

- More AI-generated ​slop: https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-film-pulled-from-amc-theaters

I spoke with Kujtim Kryeziu, Co-Founder and CEO of Sentry Security, about:

- How companies can tackle the biggest risks in their AI applications
- What he sees as the biggest blind spots in heavily-regulated spaces
- The future of AI red-teaming and the role for human experts

Here's the AI Risk Readiness Kit we discussed: https://kit.stackaware.com/

And here's the Sentry Security Research Blog: https://blog.sentry.security/

I spoke with Oliver Patel, Head of Enterprise AI Governance at AstraZeneca, about how to run AI governance at global scale.

We will cover:

- How he builds AI governance that works across teams, tools, and regions
- The EU AI Act, in plain language, and what enterprises must do next
- Practical controls for AI risk, from model intake to ongoing monitoring
- How compliance, legal, and business leaders can share one playbook
- What he's learning while writing the book "Fundamentals of AI Governance"