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Interview April 7, 2025

Outdated Risk Models Are Slowing Gen AI in Finance - Here’s What Needs to Change

Mehdi Esmail, Cofounder & Chief Product Officer, ValidMindLinkedIn profile for Mehdi Esmail

As Gen AI transforms financial services, outdated risk models and governance frameworks are stalling adoption. A shift toward outcomes-based validation is essential to move from legacy systems to AI-ready infrastructure.

The financial industry is facing a major inflection point in how it approaches governance for generative AI. Legacy risk frameworks - built for classical models - fall short in addressing Gen AI’s complexity. Institutions must treat

Gen AI is more like an application than a standalone model, prioritizing outcomes-based validation over conceptual soundness. With AI models evolving at a breakneck pace, continuous learning and industry collaboration are key to staying ahead.

Tools like ValidMind are helping bridge the gap by streamlining governance across all three lines of defense.

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