Weekend Podcast Brief
The Model Got Cheaper. The Cost of Losing Control Did Not.
Summary
A two-person Weekend Podcast Brief connecting consent, automated decisions, AI costs, cloud identity, and the five controls regulated technology buyers should test.
The buyer-side read
The model may be getting cheaper. The controlled environment required to operate it responsibly is not. Buyers still need provable permission, meaningful human review, resilient identity controls, complete lifecycle pricing, and a vendor that can demonstrate the failure path.