Verification Gaps Now Stall AI Rollouts Faster Than Deployment Costs

The Common Question

Why are our AI projects slowing down after we launch them?

The Lesson in This Case

Human oversight now defines where AI projects stall, not where they start. Companies racing to deploy AI tools are discovering that their verification capacity – the people, processes, and judgment required to confirm AI output is accurate and defensible – has not kept pace with generation speed. Senior leaders budgeting for AI in 2025 should plan verification infrastructure with the same rigor they apply to the AI systems themselves, or risk owning the liability for outputs no one actually checked.

Originally reported by Harvard Business Review. Read the full story here.