AI Governance and Board Accountability: Jeff Saviano on Responsible AI

As organizations rush to deploy AI at scale, most have not yet decided where the ethical boundaries of these systems should sit, leaving governance to catch up after problems surface. In this episode of the Infosys Knowledge Institute podcast, Jeff Kavanaugh speaks with Jeff Saviano, author of Boundaries of Tolerance  and a Harvard and MIT ethics research fellow, about why AI governance has become one of the defining leadership challenges of this decade. Saviano examines the gap between rapid AI deployment and responsible oversight, arguing that boards carry fiduciary responsibility for decisions made by systems they may not fully understand. He also lays out practical frameworks for managing AI risk, from assigning clear ownership to building continuous oversight into how agentic AI systems are monitored. Ultimately, he argues that trust in AI comes from embedding governance into every stage of adoption, starting well before deployment and continuing long after launch.