Editorial
AI Now Runs the Deal Room — Trust Will Pick the Winners
AI is now embedded across M&A, but a new Datasite study of 1,000 dealmakers finds trust and governance — not adoption — will separate the winners.
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AI Governance
Insights & Strategy
Communicating AI Technologies: The 2026 PR Playbook for AI Companies
AI companies face communications challenges unlike those of any previous technology category. The 2026 playbook: four pillars, the open-source vs closed-model debate, the earned media stack, and answer engine optimization — with Ronn Torossian on what most AI companies miss.
Insights & Strategy
THE NEW PR ORG CHART
Three years ago, a communications team's org chart had no AI-specific role on it. Most still don't — and that absence is the problem, not a sign that the problem doesn't exist. The work has appeared whether or not anyone's name is attached to it. Quick answer. Four responsibilities now need named ownership on a communications team: the AI Communications Lead (owns the operating model), the AI Visibility Director (owns presence in AI answers), the AI Workflow Editor (owns output quality), and the AI Governance Lead (owns the controls).
AI Communications
25 Questions Every Enterprise AI Buyer Should Ask
Twenty-five questions every enterprise AI buyer should put in writing — telemetry, decision layer, enforcement, recourse, change management. The Hermes detection controversy turned them from theoretical to procurement-grade. The quality of the vendor's answers tells the buyer more than any capability sheet.
AI Communications
How Agencies Govern AI Use
Most agencies adopted AI faster than they governed it. This article outlines five essential components for effective AI governance: an approved-tools register, data and confidentiality rules, a client-disclosure standard, named ownership, and a review cadence. Implementing these measures ensures responsible AI use and mitigates risks, preventing costly retrofits after incidents.
Generative AI
How PR Teams Use AI in 2026: The New Public Relations Agency Services
In 2026, AI is standard infrastructure in PR agencies — embedded across research, media targeting, content creation, monitoring, measurement, and Citation Share tracking inside ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews, and Microsoft Copilot. The full playbook.
AI Communications
AI Tools & Enterprise AI: The Communications and Governance Cluster
The AI tool stack moved faster than enterprise communications kept up. Everything-PR's complete cluster on AI products, AI tool communications, and the governance and reputation story of a category restructuring how work gets done.
AI Communications
Governance Lessons of the Hermes Story
The Hermes/OpenClaw detection incident, initially cataloged as a billing error, reveals structural insights into how AI platforms operate. This article delves into the AI governance lessons from the Hermes case, focusing on telemetry, decision-layer disclosure, and recourse architecture.
AI Communications
Magnifica Humanitas: The Pope Just Made AI a Moral Category
Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical, released May 25, 2026, places the Vatican inside the AI policy conversation alongside the labs, governments, and standards bodies. Communications leaders should read it as a structural shift — not a religious document.
AI Communications
What Is AI Policy? The Communications Discipline Behind AI Regulation
AI Policy is the communications discipline that shapes how AI gets regulated. Not AI ethics. Not AI governance. Not the same as AI regulation. A definitive guide to the discipline behind AI's most contested decisions.