In this episode of The Digital Identity Digest, learn why the idea of an “AI system” is quietly breaking down under modern AI governance and deployment realities. Heather Flanagan examines how agentic workflows, standards debates, and policy frameworks are exposing gaps between governance language and real-world AI architectures.

Discover how this disconnect affects digital identity, accountability, and interoperability, and why unclear definitions create governance risk. Learn why engineers, standards bodies, and policymakers are struggling to align, and why fixing AI language is essential to building enforceable, trustworthy identity and governance frameworks.