SAN RAMON, Calif., July 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A cte a, a busi ess u it of Cloud Softwa e G oup, today a ou ced the elease of its State of AI Gove a ce 2026 epo t, based o a su vey commissio ed by Ha ove Resea ch, which aimed to be chma k how egulated o ga izatio s a e gove i g a d defe di g AI-assisted commu icatio s a d decisio s.
AI-d ive commu icatio s a e becomi g a bigge complia ce isk, with mo e tha th ee-qua te s (78%) of espo de ts at o ga izatio s usi g AI tools expecti g isk to i c ease ove the ext 12 to 24 mo ths. But while mo e tha half (55%) have the co e AI policies, t ai i g a d eview steps i place, fewe tha o e i five (19%) have the loggi g, ete tio , detectio a d sco i g co t ols eeded to p ove what happe ed. Without that evide ce laye i place, o ga izatio s ca ot co fide tly demo st ate what AI p oduced, who eviewed it, whe e it we t a d whethe the eco d was kept. This gap u de sco es a g owi g challe ge fo egulated o ga izatio s: AI gove a ce must move beyo d policy c eatio a d i to evide ce-based accou tability.
“Policies, t ai i g a d huma eview emai esse tial, but they a e o lo ge e ough o thei ow . As AI becomes a i teg al pa t of day-to-day wo k, o ga izatio s ope ati g i egulated i dust ies must be able to eco st uct the evide ce behi d AI-assisted commu icatio s a d decisio s,” said So iya Bopache, SVP & GM at A cte a. “Movi g f om policy to p oof mea s o ga izatio s must t eat evide ce as pa t of the AI wo kflow itself, ot somethi g to be ec eated afte the fact. This is the fou datio of defe sible AI gove a ce.”
The epo t fou d that AI is al eady becomi g a co e pa t of egulated busi ess activity. Nea ly half (45%) of o ga izatio s say AI is co e o exte sively used i egulated wo kflows, while almost two-thi ds (60%) say complia ce is p ima ily accou table fo AI gove a ce. This c eates ew p essu e o complia ce leade s, legal teams, CIOs, a d isk executives to e su e AI-assisted wo k is p ope ly gove ed a d defe dable.
A cte a helps o ga izatio s apply AI with the co text, ove sight a d defe sibility eeded to i ovate espo sibly, educe isk a d suppo t c itical decisio s. To lea mo e a d to dow load the full State of AI Gove a ce 2026 epo t, visit www.a cte a.com/ esea ch/ai-commu icatio s-gove a ce
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