The Dutch regulator has fined Uber 824,990,000 euros for fully automated decisions about drivers. Roles under the AI Act can be reallocated, but the duty to have a human who can overturn the output follows whoever decides about the person. Where that review sits in your organisation.
Europe’s first Uber-bookable autonomous ride launched in Zagreb with a licensed safety operator behind the wheel. The role split across three companies, and the human still sitting inside it, describes most enterprise AI deployments more accurately than any vendor business case does.
Germany advertised 288 AI job titles in Q1 2026, and 59% sit outside tech. Indeed’s data and HSBC’s new governance hires show AI work leaving the technology function, taking Article 4 and Article 26 duties with it.
Starling Bank’s AI moves money. Norway’s sovereign wealth fund keeps humans in charge. Both are deploying agentic AI but with very different governance choices. Here is what changes when AI starts acting, not just recommending, and what your oversight framework must address.
