This month Steve and I talked about:

- Clawdbot/Moltbot/OpenClaw security considerations: https://openclaw.ai/

- Rent-a-Human: https://rentahuman.ai

- Nvidia's imperiled $100B investment in OpenAI: https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-100-billion-megadeal-between-openai-and-nvidia-is-on-ice-aa3025e3

- Svedka's AI Super Bowl Ad: https://www.mashed.com/2091485/svedka-super-bowl-ad-2026-ai-hellscape/

In this inaugural episode of the Aware AI Brief, Cameron talks with Walter Haydock, founder of StackAware, about the practical aspects of AI governance.

This series aims to bridge the gap between theoretical AI governance discussions and actionable, real-world practices.

They discuss the importance of understanding a client's business objectives before implementing AI governance, identifying key stakeholders, and managing risks around intellectual property and shadow AI.

00:00 Introduction and Greetings
00:59 Introducing the Aware AI Brief Series
02:02 Starting AI Governance: First Steps
02:33 Understanding Client Needs and Objectives
06:02 Identifying Key Stakeholders
08:38 Intellectual Property and AI
15:51 Managing Shadow AI
22:23 Conclusion and Call for Questions

Blog post about IP risk with AI: https://blog.stackaware.com/p/intellectual-property-risk-compliance-indemnification-copyright-artificial-intelligence-governance

I spoke with Emil Bender Lassen, Standard Lead at the Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company.

We talked about:

- What AIUC-1 requires from AI agents

- How the standard drives insurance rate

- Technical tips on preventing technical detail release and avoiding IP risk

- The future of AIUC-1 and how it complements ISO 42001, NIST AI RMF, and other frameworks

I had the chance to speak with Patrick Sullivan. Patrick is the Vice President of Strategy and Innovation at A-LIGN. He brings over 25 years of expertise in cybersecurity, compliance, and risk management to the healthcare and life sciences sectors.

We talked about:

- How companies are complying with a web of AI regulation
- Best practices for AI agent security and accountability
- Genomic data security and AI

To kick off the new year, Steve Dufour and I chatted about:

• Steve's expertise in copying and pasting hundreds of lines from the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), because ChatGPT couldn't parse it.
• The late December 2025 ​Waymo outage​.
• Cops Forced to ​Explain​ Why AI Generated Police Report Claimed Officer Transformed Into Frog.
• Manus AI's ​acquisition​.
• AI hampering ​productivity​ of software developers, despite expectations it would boost efficiency.
• ​Impacts​ of AI on language, media, and culture.
• Our 2026 predictions for AI

Steve Dufour and I had our monthly AI-related discussion, touching on:

• The Trump Administration EO ​preempting​ state AI regulation
• NVIDIA's H200 chip ​export​
• "​Brain Rot​" in Large Language Models
• Crowdsourced data poisoning [this ​site​ is fake news]
• Apple's "​Slow​" AI Strategy as a positive

I recently spoke with Bezawit Sumner, CISO of CRISP Shared Services about:

• How to address stakeholder concerns when rolling out AI in sensitive spaces like healthcare
• Issues related to scoping and definitions being non-trivial for AI governance
• The evolving AI regulatory landscape and what companies can do to adapt

I was excited to host Rick Doten, a powerhouse in cybersecurity, to discuss:

• Key insights from his time as CISO at healthcare giant Centene
• The ethical nuances of AI governance in the space
• His experiences advising venture capital firms and cybersecurity startupsI was excited to host Rick Doten, a powerhouse in cybersecurity, to discuss: - Key insights from his time as CISO at healthcare giant Centene - The ethical nuances of AI governance in the space - His experiences advising venture capital firms and cybersecurity startups

NVIDIA blog on killswitches: 
https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/no-backdoors-no-kill-switches-no-spyware/

Colorado Legislative AI Task Force Report: https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/report_and_recommendations-accessible_1_0.pdf

SB-205 opposition: https://gazette.com/government/colorado-mayors-oppose-ai-regulation-law/article_0abe652f-a60a-583e-a138-e73fa45e9a03.html

AI Stethoscope: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/249316/ai-stethoscope-rolled-100-gp-clinics/

ChatGPT Connectors: https://help.openai.com/en/articles/11487775-connectors-in-chatgpt

Federal AI action plan: 
https://www.ai.gov/action-plan

Tool-squatting attack paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2504.19951

Burning Glass Institute report: 
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6197797102be715f55c0e0a1/t/6889055d25352c5b3f28c202/1753810269213/No+Country+for+Young+Grads+V_Final7.29.25+%281%29.pdf

AIUC: https://aiuc.com