The Great AI-Human Recalibration is Ushering in a Happier, more human thus more Responsible AI New Year!

As we enter 2026, we're seeing some of the largest software companies in the world centering Responsible AI, even if it means back-tracking on massive hiring and firing decisions - and that's good news for the sustainability and scalability of AI solutions. 🌍🚀

Real-world evidence of the great "Human-AI Recalibration“

2026 is officially the Year of Responsible and Ethical AI! ⚖️🤖

Let us tell you why:

Most of us are back at our desks this week (at the latest), and the kids are back at school.

🏫 The shaping of strategies, the execution of projects, and the review of enabling policies are about to reclaim their place as our daily preoccupations. 2026 is our opportunity to center responsibility and ethics in all that we do. 🎯

Taking inspiration (and a few hard lessons) from companies realizing that AI without responsibility is simply bad business, organizations everywhere are under pressure to do better. 📉✅

Real-world evidence of the great "Human-AI Recalibration“:

🔹 Salesforce: After initially moving toward aggressive AI-based automation, Salesforce leadership recently signaled declining confidence in unchecked LLM-based solutions. They are now bringing humans back into the loop and building far stricter guardrails.🛡️👤 (‘After claiming to redeploy 4,000 employees and automating their work with AI Agents, Salesforce Executives admit declining confidence in [unchecked] LLM based Automation’ Read more at: http://m.timesofindia.com/articleshow/126121875.cms?; and Salesforce Trust Issues)

🔹 Klarna: This follows Klarna’s rehiring of customer service agents it had fired when it decided to go AI-first last year. Klarna is now actively rehiring customer service agents to restore the "human touch." 📞🤝 (‘As Klarna flips from AI-first to hiring people again, a new landmark survey reveals most AI projects fail to deliver’. Read more: Klarna’s Human Return).

The "Seatbelt" Moment 🏎️💨 This shift isn't new. Remember, cars were first released without seatbelts. It took years of activism to overcome commercial resistance and the "freedom to risk self and others" mindset. Today, a car without seatbelts is unthinkable. We are currently at that same crossroads with AI. 🛣️🛑

Our Commitment at ORADA: Responsible AI—Governance, Ethics, Safety, and "AI for Good"—was the heartbeat of our April 2025 Conference for good reason. The best time to do things right is at the start. The second best time is as soon as you detect the path you’re on just isn't IT (as in „Hayi, ayiyo!“). 🙅🏾‍♂️

At ORADA, we appreciate leaders who are reflective enough to admit when they err, and passionate enough to take the necessary correctives. 👩🏾‍💼❤️‍🔥💪🏾

The Week Ahead

🗓️ We are thrilled to kick off the ORADA 2026 Bi-Weekly Cycle this week! Get ready for:

💡The ORAII Opportunities Brief;

🤝 Collab Wednesday;

🧠 Community of Practice Thursday; and

📰 The ORAII News and Commentary Friday

We’ll also be sharing an outline of our empowering ORADA 2026 Masterclasses—they’re designed to help us all make the world a better place from our individual platforms of agency, decision making scope and action! 🚀

To ensure you get immediate access to the above as we publish, apply to join the ORADA Responsible AI Innovation Community Group on WhatsApp by completing this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdn8V9qS1R-BSsoFhxb17QOQJm-c8Rt7NGSA1IRsCcVCyVG6A/viewform?usp=header