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Jul 31, 2026 1 hr 2 min

Evaluating Technologies in the AI Era: Value, Risk, Ecosystem Evaluation

from Coffee With Digital Trailblazers Hosted by StarCIO Digital Trailblazer Community

This week's "Coffee with Digital Trailblazers" episode featured industry analyst Maribel Lopez discussing the evaluation of AI technologies. Key topics included the significance of aligning AI selection with business goals, assessing vendor trustworthiness, and managing risks. The panel stressed the need for clear objectives to avoid being overwhelmed by available AI options. Chapters (00:00:01) - When to Select a Technology in the AI Era (00:04:26) - Machine Learning Solution Providers: The Big Three (00:12:40) - Unified Resilience Strategy: Can I Trust The Company? (00:15:46) - 3 Things for Platform Capabilities (00:18:37) - Immature AI Governance (00:22:15) - Change Management: AI and the Business (00:23:42) - Will AI Platform Integrate with Change Management? (00:25:07) - The 3 Questions IT Needs to Ask About AI (00:28:26) - WSJD Live: On the Need for a Continuous AI Stack (00:29:26) - Coffee With Digital Trailblazers (00:30:35) - AI: Short-Term vs. Long Term Value (00:31:38) - Short- and Long-Term Benefits of AI (00:35:34) - What is the AI Debt Trap? (00:37:38) - On the Long Term Use of AI (00:39:31) - On Governance of AI (00:42:35) - AI Agents and Governance (00:46:29) - Martin McGuirk on the Canada-US trade deal (00:47:59) - Can You Be AI-Agent Agnostic? (00:51:21) - The 6 AI Risks (00:53:52) - Top IT Executives: Cross Functional Value (00:54:39) - How to Pick the Right Agents for your Business (00:55:43) - Back-office Strategy: Flexibility, Dependency (00:59:15) - Maribel on AI & Scale (00:59:53) - Coffee With Digital Trailblazers

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This week's "Coffee with Digital Trailblazers" episode featured industry analyst Maribel Lopez discussing the evaluation of AI technologies. Key topics included the significance of aligning AI selection with business goals, assessing vendor trustworthiness, and managing risks. The panel stressed the need for clear objectives to avoid being overwhelmed by available AI options.

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Evaluating Technologies in the AI Era: Value, Risk, Ecosystem Evaluation

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  1. 0:01 When to Select a Technology in the AI Era
  2. 4:26 Machine Learning Solution Providers: The Big Three
  3. 12:40 Unified Resilience Strategy: Can I Trust The Company?
  4. 15:46 3 Things for Platform Capabilities
  5. 18:37 Immature AI Governance
  6. 22:15 Change Management: AI and the Business
  7. 23:42 Will AI Platform Integrate with Change Management?
  8. 25:07 The 3 Questions IT Needs to Ask About AI
  9. 28:26 WSJD Live: On the Need for a Continuous AI Stack
  10. 29:26 Coffee With Digital Trailblazers
  11. 30:35 AI: Short-Term vs. Long Term Value
  12. 31:38 Short- and Long-Term Benefits of AI
  13. 35:34 What is the AI Debt Trap?
  14. 37:38 On the Long Term Use of AI
  15. 39:31 On Governance of AI
  16. 42:35 AI Agents and Governance
  17. 46:29 Martin McGuirk on the Canada-US trade deal
  18. 47:59 Can You Be AI-Agent Agnostic?
  19. 51:21 The 6 AI Risks
  20. 53:52 Top IT Executives: Cross Functional Value
  21. 54:39 How to Pick the Right Agents for your Business
  22. 55:43 Back-office Strategy: Flexibility, Dependency
  23. 59:15 Maribel on AI & Scale
  24. 59:53 Coffee With Digital Trailblazers

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