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Why Barracuda’s CIO Says Accountability Is Non-Negotiable in AI | Siroui Mushegian

Databricks · Oct 19, 2026 · CEO Messaging Shifts

Barracuda CIO insists humans, not AI, must remain accountable for all decisions

“The trade-off I will never make when it comes to trusting AI is responsibility. AI will never be responsible. I will be responsible.”

Barracuda's CIO Siroui Mushegian articulates a firm accountability-first AI philosophy: AI provides speed and scale, but humans retain full responsibility for decisions. She uses Databricks Genie to democratize analytics access and combat shadow AI, while maintaining weekly/monthly agent performance monitoring to prevent accuracy drift.

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