Canadian organisations are accelerating Artificial Intelligence adoption faster than they can govern it, according to a new IBM study warning that oversight gaps are creating growing risks around accountability, operational control and digital sovereignty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The IBM Institute for Business Value, working with the Dubai Future Foundation, surveyed more than 1,000 senior leaders across 20 countries and 21 industries, including Canada. The research found that 63% of Canadian executives believe governance gaps are already making it harder to scale AI deployments across day-to-day operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
IBM estimated that AI irregularities, including bias, duplication, deployment errors and uncoordinated systems, cost large Canadian enterprises around US$144 million annually. Half of those losses were linked to governance failures rather than flaws in the AI technology itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Manav Gupta, Vice President and CTO, IBM Canada, said organisations cannot govern systems they cannot fully see or understand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said AI platforms are increasingly operating like critical infrastructure across healthcare, transport, financial services and public programmes, raising concerns about trust, accountability and sovereignty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The study found only 18% of Canadian organisations currently have coordinated governance systems spanning the full AI lifecycle. IBM said orchestration-led governance can reduce operational risks, improve productivity and deliver stronger returns on AI investment while supporting transparent oversight and enforceable Digital Transformation strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
IBM also promoted its Sovereign Core platform, designed to help enterprises and governments build AI-ready sovereign environments with controls, visibility into system behaviour and management of updates, access and compliance requirements as regulators increase scrutiny of AI deployments in Canada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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