Nobody is coming to protect you

Season 4 of Cloud Unplugged is here, and we're shifting focus to what AI actually means for the people running technology teams inside real businesses. This week Jon and Salman get into AI strategy — what it actually is, what it isn't, and why most businesses are thinking about it wrong. The CEO of Anthropic is calling for regulation, but global regulation takes years and the attackers are already using AI right now. So what do you actually do in the meantime? Jon's take: an AI strategy isn't really about AI at all. It's about whether your organisation is in good enough shape to handle something that no longer moves at human pace. They cover why your employees are almost certainly already using AI on your company data whether you have a policy or not, and why writing that policy is largely pointless when you can't fire an AI agent. Chapters 00:00 — Welcome to Season 4 01:04 — Dario Amodei calls for AI regulation. Does it change anything for you? 04:59 — Whether you adopt AI or not, others are using it against you 09:41 — One exploit. 48 countries. 440 servers. Four hours. 15:13 — Do you actually need a Chief AI Officer? 20:03 — The three things to assess before you do anything else 27:47 — Uber burned their entire 2026 AI budget in April. Zero features shipped. 31:06 — The 500 doors problem: why a paper policy won't protect you 34:46 — AI strategy is just a name for having your organisation in good order