AI, Disruption, and Standards

Individually, we have very little power, but together we have a great deal of power. In response to a series of Medium articles by Patrick Neeman like this one that addressed issues of AI governance, fairness, and standardization, publisher Louis Rosenfeld invited Patrick and me to come on his podcast and talk about AI and standards. A live audience attended, asking questions that took the conversation further. If you missed the live panel discussion last week, no worries; a video of the conversation is available for your pleasure ℅ Rosenfeld Media, who put on the event. The video is free to watch; to do so, you just need to register for a free account. From the Rosenverse: A generation ago, Jeffrey Zeldman helped end the browser wars by making one case relentlessly: build to standards, not to vendors. That fight is back—now over how AI agents render interfaces across Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, Teams, and Slack. In this session, Zeldman joins Patrick Neeman to trace the line from “best…