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# Op-ed: Chief AI Officers are repeating the Chief Data Officer’s mistakes
- URL: https://fabric-media.ghost.io/op-ed-chief-ai-officers-are-repeating-the-chief-data-officers-mistakes/
- Published: 2026-08-11T02:01:14.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-27T00:48:02.000Z
- Description: A Thought Leaders Circle essay argues CAIOs, now at 76% of firms per IBM, are staffed as technical enablers rather than business-savvy creators, replaying the CDO’s failure to translate data into ROI. It calls for a bolder, product-like mandate.
- Author: Fabric.Media Editorial
- Tags: Ad-tech, AI, Justin Evans

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