The Champions Were Named. Nobody Made Them Accountable
HM Treasury named two AI Champions in January and published their plan in July. Neither carries the personal, evidenced accountability a senior manager already holds under SM&CR for the same subject, silently, without ever being named at all.
A Policy Nobody Can Show Was Applied Is No Policy At All
A US court just struck an entire appellate brief from a Deutsche Bank subsidiary over AI-hallucinated citations. The firm had a policy banning exactly what happened. The court didn't care. Here's why, and what it means for a UK senior manager.
The Review Published in July. Nobody Has Asked What Happened to It Since.
The Mills Review made seven recommendations to the FCA Board in July. Seven weeks on, none has a confirmed timeline. The senior managers waiting to find out are waiting for a question nobody in this sector seems to be asking.
Senior Manager, Your Record Is Your Responsibility
The FCA's guidance on accountability for AI harm is not yet published. The senior managers who will be named under it should not wait to demonstrate they are ready for it.
Four Named Companies and a Date That Cannot Be Reargued
The Critical Third Parties regime just demonstrated, at system level, the difference between a power that exists and an accountability that has been fixed.
