Managing AI trustworthiness and risk is essential to realizing business value from AI. When asked what organizations must do to capture AI’s benefits while minimizing its downsides, Sibelco Group CIO Pedro Martinez Puig emphasized discipline and strategic focus.
“Capturing AI’s value while minimizing risk starts with discipline,” Puig said. “CIOs and their organizations need a clear strategy that ties AI initiatives to business outcomes, not just technology experiments. This means defining success criteria upfront, setting guardrails for ethics and compliance, and avoiding the trap of endless pilots with no plan for scale.”
For Puig, the work begins by creating strong use cases and rigorous foundations. “CIOs must focus on use cases that are solid enough to deliver measurable impact. In mining and materials, this includes ensuring data integrity from the plant floor to enterprise systems, embedding cybersecurity into AI workflows, and monitoring for risks like bias or model drift.”…