Theranos whistleblower Tyler Shultz warns that the AI boom is ‘a great opportunity to go deceive people’
THE SO WHAT
When someone who lived through Theranos calls the AI boom a prime venue for deception, that’s a governance warning, not just a quote. Boards should be asking for hard evidence on model performance and economics, not just market comps and hype-driven valuations.
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