{"slug": "ai-compliance-issues-hit-2-in-5-large-companies-and-legacy-workflows-are-a-big", "title": "AI compliance issues hit 2 in 5 large companies, and legacy workflows are a big factor", "summary": "Forty percent of large companies experienced an AI-related compliance or governance issue in the past 12 months, according to a survey of 1,000 senior IT, operations, and transformation leaders conducted by Sapio Research. Those leaders attributed 84 percent of the incidents to process-related problems, which the researchers trace to workflows designed around human approvals, handoffs, and manual exceptions. The findings indicate that dropping AI into legacy, people-centric processes is a major driver of compliance exposure.", "body_md": "Forty percent of large companies had an AI-related compliance or governance issue in the past 12 months, according to 1,000 senior IT, operations, and transformation leaders surveyed by Sapio Research. Those leaders said process-related problems contributed to 84 percent of the incidents. The researchers trace the exposure to workflows designed around people. Approvals, handoffs, and manual exceptions exist because a person was expected to handle each step. When a company drops AI into that design, … [More](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/21/ai-compliance-issues-research/) \n\nThe post [AI compliance issues hit 2 in 5 large companies, and legacy workflows are a big factor](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/21/ai-compliance-issues-research/) appeared first on [Help Net Security](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-compliance-issues-hit-2-in-5-large-companies-and-legacy-workflows-are-a-big", "canonical_source": "https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/21/ai-compliance-issues-research/", "published_at": "2026-09-21 04:00:31+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-21 04:27:14.183973+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-safety", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Sapio Research", "Help Net Security"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-compliance-issues-hit-2-in-5-large-companies-and-legacy-workflows-are-a-big", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-compliance-issues-hit-2-in-5-large-companies-and-legacy-workflows-are-a-big.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-compliance-issues-hit-2-in-5-large-companies-and-legacy-workflows-are-a-big.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-compliance-issues-hit-2-in-5-large-companies-and-legacy-workflows-are-a-big.jsonld"}}