Do You Really Need A Chief AI Officer? Articles Big Data

Companies need to understand the benefits and challenges that AI can bring and how to integrate it into their strategies, but does this really mean a CAIO is needed? Other technologies such as blockchain and IoT are likely to prove highly disruptive too in coming years, will they too need a senior leader who reports directly to the CEO? You don't want to hide AI in the bowels of other departments and it will need to be a centralized department, but at the same time you don't want your C-suite swollen to ridiculous levels, with everyone working at crossed purposes. If every new bit of tech has someone fighting its corner to the CEO, they will eventually get crowded out and nobody will have a say. A Chief Technology Officer's role is to take charge of new technology.