EPISODE · Apr 25, 2026 · 12 MIN

Rise of the auditors

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from David's Saturday AI Thoughts · host David Boyle

AI-native teams need three roles: Director, Builder, Auditor. Execution is cheap, verification is expensive. Most organisations have zero Auditors and are shipping nothing because nobody is named to check. What happened this week: * <10% of organisations scale agents beyond pilots (McKinsey) * GitHub paused Copilot signups / Uber blew 2026 AI budget / Goldman inference costs approaching headcount parity * 29% of employees sabotaging AI initiatives (Writer survey) What to try: * Ask is this the simplest version (Cantrill laziness) * Audit cold: different model, fresh context * Save one reusable AI workflow (Chrome Skills) Read the full edition with all links and sources: https://steadman.ai/newsletters/david/#edition-2026-04-25

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