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Rumman Chowdhury Is Commercialising Independent AI Evaluation. The Business Must Protect Its Right to Say No

Rumman Chowdhury helped make public red teaming a core AI-governance practice. Her new challenge is to build a scalable evaluation business whose findings remain credible when commercial relationships and launch schedules create pressure.

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Arvind Krishna Is Turning Open-Source Patching Into a Subscription. A $5 Billion Bet Must Earn Trust

Arvind Krishna is extending Red Hat's commercial open-source model beyond IBM's own products. Lightwell sells validated fixes for the software versions companies already run, creating a potentially large security business and a difficult test of neutrality, liability and subscription economics.

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Satya Nadella Made Microsoft the Corporate World’s Default Route Into AI

A FigureAsia examination of how Satya Nadella turned Microsoft’s enterprise franchise into the world’s most powerful distribution system for artificial intelligence, and why his next test is trust rather than reach.