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EPISODE · Mar 5, 2026 · 41 MIN

What does a Chief AI Officer do?

from Thoughts On Tech & Things · host WYPR 88.1 Baltimore

What does a Chief AI Officer do? Host Jason Michael Perry sits down with Andy Quick, former Chief AI Officer at Entergy, to explore what it actually means to lead AI inside a Fortune 500 company. In this episode, they unpack what a Chief AI Officer actually does inside a Fortune 500 company. Andy shares what it takes to align AI with business outcomes in a regulated utility, how to plan when models evolve faster than enterprise cycles, and why process maturity matters. Podcast Notes & Links Chief AI Officers Made Enterprise Inroads in 2024 – CIO Dive / Altrata Frequent Use of AI in the Workplace Continued to Rise in Q4 – Gallup The GenAI Divide: State of AI in Business 2025 – MIT Project NANDA / Fortune Project Vend: Phase Two – Anthropic Subscribe & Contact Subscribe to the Thoughts on Tech & Things newsletter: jasonmperry.com/newsletter Send feedback, questions, or guest suggestions: jasonmperry.com/contact Credits Thanks to the team at WYPR, producers Sam Bermas-Dawes and Shania Mapso, and Myrna Martinez, Head of Operations and Marketing at PerryLabs.

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