Don’t automate what you can’t govern with David Levin - AI strategy - The Ecommerce Toolbox: AI in Retail

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AI adoption isn’t being held back by a lack of engineers. In many businesses, the bigger problem is what those engineers are working with: fragmented data, unclear ownership, undocumented processes, and weak governance. Kailin Noivo sits down with David Levin, Acting Chief Digital Officer at w. kleinberg, to explore what it really takes to deploy AI safely and effectively. Drawing on his experience leading digital transformation, ecommerce growth, and AI-driven automation across major organizations, David explains why businesses need to strengthen their data foundations before assuming more AI talent will solve the problem. This conversation explores David’s “Understand, Not Invent” approach to customer-facing AI: using AI to understand customer intent while constraining its responses to approved information. He also explains why rigorous internal testing is critical for uncovering hallucinations and edge cases before AI reaches customers. This episode is essential listening for ecommerce and digital leaders looking to move beyond AI experimentation and build systems that deliver measurable results without exposing the business to unnecessary risk.