Lately, there has been chatter about organizations creating chief AI officer roles, charged with advocating for safe and productive AI practices., founder and chairman of the CDO Club, reports that he is now tracking the"chief AI officer" title in his monthly jobs updates, with seven new chief AI officers being added since September 1st. “While the base of CAIOs worldwide is still small, we continue to see growth in new hires,” he reports.
What does it take to advance into such a role? “There may be many routes to the CAIO ascension—for example, a CTO, a CDO, a CIO, a chief risk and compliance officer, or even a chief legal officer or general counsel or line-of-business executive,” write Andy Thurai and R. “Ray” Wang, both with Constellation Research, in a new
There’s the complexity of AI, and then there’s the perception of simplicity. The popularization of ChatGPT makes executives “think AI is so easy that anyone can implement any solution in a matter of days, without realizing the liabilities and consequences to their organization.”