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Just because you can, should you? Inside a bank's AI ethics panel

A UK bank runs every AI use case through a five-word test before it ships. The man who chairs the panel gets an email a day saying he is too slow. He thinks that is rather the point.

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Jun 30, 2026
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“Just because you can, should you?” is the question Dr Paul Dongha, Head of AI Strategy and Responsible AI at NatWest, puts to every AI use case before it is allowed near production.

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