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Human Input: Who Holds the Levers? Power, Trust, and the New AI Governance Mess
By Crystal Black · Colorado AI News · February 2026
The Silicon Flatirons Flagship Conference focused on the emerging have and have-not divide in AI. Crys shares her take on power, trust, and governance.
Reporting from the Silicon Flatirons Flagship Conference, Crys examines the emerging have and have-not divide in AI and the tangle of power, trust, and governance underneath it. Who actually holds the levers, and who gets left out.