Intelligent CIO North America Issue 65 | Page 38

FEATURE: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
enabling organizations to deploy increasingly sophisticated AI tools.
The evolving regulatory landscape: Trust and governance take center stage
The report says for North American enterprises, compliance isn’ t just seen as an obligation but a market advantage, building trust with consumers and partners.
North America’ s strength: An unmatched ecosystem of AI innovators
As AI becomes deeply woven into North American business operations, regulators are sharpening their focus on transparency, accountability and data protection, the report says. While the US has not implemented a unified national AI law, multiple federal and state-level initiatives – along with Canada’ s proposed AI and Data Act( AIDA) – are shaping how companies develop and deploy AI systems.
Key regulatory themes include:
• Bias mitigation and fairness
• Data privacy and governance
• Model explainability
• Safe deployment of generative AI
• Responsible automation
The report says the region’ s AI Tools Market is shaped by its most influential players, including:
• Google
• Microsoft
• IBM
• Amazon Web Services
• Nvidia
• Oracle
• Salesforce
• OpenAI
• Meta
These organizations are said to set set global standards for AI development, scalability and enterprise integration. Their cloud platforms,
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