THE TECHNOLOGY INTERVIEW

Balancing disruption and stability The challenge for leaders like Hriday, he acknowledges, is to maintain stability and trust while also driving disruption. With AI continuing to blaze its path and quantum forging its own way, he is clear about the technologies that will shape the future of the CIO role and the broader technology C-suite.

“ I’ m really privileged to see the tech landscape evolving,” he says.“ One of the most profound changes will absolutely be AI. There’ s a lot of hype, but the way AI is adopted in the enterprise is not yet at enterprise grade – it’ s still at consumer grade. The shift to true enterprise-grade AI, where it disrupts operating models, is yet to happen. It won’ t happen overnight, but in five years, the change will be dramatic for almost every company.” And when it comes to quantum computing, there’ s a particular focus for regulated industries and those dealing with sensitive data.“ Quantum computing has incredible benefits, but it also brings risks.

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