Impact of AI:Explored
Welcome to Impact of AI:Explored this is a podcast series hosted James O'Regan and Gerjon Kunst. This podcast series is an initiative by and for the developer and IT professional community. It is our goal to empower each and every one to learn and share all there is to know about Artificial Intelligence and how it affects our day to day lives as IT professionals. There is a huge quantity of valuable AI related information in various formats available and it keeps increasing on a daily basis. It is our objective to help people to make sense of all this information.
Impact of AI:Explored
Hello AI Summit 2026 - The Future of Agentic AI in Football and Beyond
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What happens when you put a CTO from professional football in a room and ask them to be honest about AI?
Joe Darkins, CTO of Burnley Football Club, joins the show for a grounded, no-hype conversation about what it actually takes to deploy AI responsibly inside an organisation.
We cover a lot of ground. Joe breaks down why aligning AI to real business problems matters more than chasing the latest capability, how the CISO role is evolving as AI adoption accelerates, and what agentic AI looks like in a football club context. It's more complex than you might think.
We also get into the harder questions. Who is accountable when AI gets it wrong? How do you build sandboxed environments that prevent misuse? And why are local models becoming a serious conversation for organisations that care about data privacy and environmental impact?
If you're navigating AI adoption inside your organisation, this one is worth your time.
Topics covered:
- Aligning AI initiatives to actual business problems
- The CISO's expanding role in AI governance
- Agentic AI in sport and what it signals for other sectors
- AI accountability and risk management
- Local models, data privacy, and sustainability