AI Governance Framework
AI Governance through an ITAM Lens: Treat AI as a Status Change, Not a New Asset
By treating AI as a lifecycle flag rather than an entirely new asset class, ITAM professionals can leverage existing frameworks, tools, and disciplines to manage risk, cost, and compliance at scale…
Industry Headlines
Australia’s ACCC has filed Federal Court proceedings against Microsoft, alleging it misled about 2.7 million Microsoft 365 personal and family subscribers by bundling Copilot, hiking prices, and obscuring a cheaper “classic” plan only revealed during cancellation. Impacted are auto-renewing consumers in Australia. The regulator says Microsoft’s communications implied accept-higher-price or cancel, omitting the option to retain prior plans. ACCC seeks penalties, injunctions, declarations, and redress. Prices rose 45% for personal and 29% for family plans. Source: ~https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-27/accc-sues-microsoft-allegedly-misleading-365-subscriptions/105937436
The perils of using ChatGPT for software licensing and audit defence advice (podcast) https://palisadecompliance.com/resource/we-interview-chatgpt-about-sam/
Fascinating perspective on AI’s impact on jobs (Y Combinator on Youtube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqwSb2hO1jE