Aligning the model was never going to govern it
THE SO WHAT
The control plane for AI is shifting from model behavior to identity, access, and logging—who did what with which model, when. If your AI roadmap assumes “better alignment” solves governance, you’re underweight on policy engines, audit trails, and cross-system enforcement.
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