The Black Box Bank

Wednesday, June 3, 2026

ABN AMRO proudly reports that 85 percent of its employees now use artificial intelligence in their daily work. For investors, this signals efficiency and progress. For society, it raises a more difficult question: as banks become increasingly automated and opaque, who remains responsible for transparency, accountability and the human beings behind the data?

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When Systems Begin to Act in the United Arab Emirates

Thursday, April 23, 2026

In the United Arab Emirates, AI is moving from advice to execution. As systems begin to act, the challenge shifts from performance to accountability—raising fundamental questions about control, responsibility and the conditions under which autonomous decisions can be trusted.

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