Lauren Kornutick is a Sr. Director Analyst at Gartner, supporting CIOs, CDAO and AI leaders on AI governance, responsible AI, risk, policy, regulation and compliance. Lauren and other Gartner analysts are providing further analysis on these topics at Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo, the world's most important gathering for CIOs and other IT executives October 19-22, 2026 in Orlando, FL. Follow news and updates from the conference on X and LinkedIn using #GartnerSYM, and on the Gartner Newsroom.