BRAD NIETFELDT

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Elon Musk, Dario Amodei, and Sam Altman considering an accelerating AI pathway at sunrise

LATEST · AI, Leadership & Society · September 15, 2026

The AI Leaders Say Slow Down. I Am Speeding Up.

Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, and Elon Musk are calling for a slower AI frontier. Brad Nietfeldt argues that the better answer is faster, broader, governed adoption built for the common good.

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Enterprise security operations room with hardware keys, network infrastructure, and branching AI authorization paths

AI Security & Identity · September 10, 2026

Your AI Agent Is an Identity. Govern It Like One.

AI agents no longer just generate answers. They authenticate, choose tools, cross systems, and take action. That makes identity, authority, observability, and recovery the new control plane for enterprise AI.

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A network of editorial sources converging on one illuminated trusted source

AI Search & Strategy · August 28, 2026

AI Search Is Becoming a Trust Graph

Google's latest Preferred Sources update reveals a larger shift in discovery: universal rankings are being joined by personalized trust, AI synthesis, and direct audience choice.

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