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Is your company planning its first steps in AI? Or maybe your existing efforts have hit a wall? Here are five tips to help get everything on-track:

(Sharp-eyed readers will notice that this is the exact same list I posted last year for Cyber Monday and again at the start of the new year. Best practices are best practices!)

1/ Get the leadership team up to speed on AI. Execs who understand what AI can(not) do are in a much better position to decide how the company will use it.

2/ Make a plan. Not only will this add structure to your efforts, it will also tell you when things are going awry.

3/ Get your house in order. All that fancy AI relies on clean, correct data supplied by a solid infrastructure.

4/ Involve your legal and PR teams early. Lawsuits due to allegedly purloined training data can be costly. The same goes for a wave of bad press due to malfunctioning AI bots.

5/ Work with a professional. Someone who has end-to-end experience with AI can dramatically reduce your risk and improve your chances of success.