As AI agents act autonomously in public spaces, recent incidents highlight the urgent need for strong guardrails, ethical alignment, and human judgment to ensure AI augments society rather than undermines trust, work, and human connection.
With SAS Innovate 2026 approaching, it’s a good time to step back and look at what this year’s agenda says about the state of data and AI. As in any year, speakers and presenters will cover a wide range of topics, from platform fundamentals to emerging ideas just entering production.
In the enterprise risk and fraud space, the word "creativity" has traditionally implied a lack of control. For decades, organizations have refined deterministic models – if credit score is X and debt-to-income ratio is Y, then take action Z – to ensure compliance, repeatability and stability. That approach worked because
