AI is moving faster than organisational guardrails, and people leaders are increasingly accountable for decisions shaped by systems they did not design but are expected to defend. This keynote explores how senior people leaders are deciding where AI genuinely improves speed, consistency, and decision quality, and where its use creates risk, opacity, or unintended harm. Rather than focusing on tools, the session examines the operating principles, governance choices, and judgement calls required to deploy AI responsibly across talent, workforce planning, and performance, while maintaining trust with employees, leaders, and regulators. Key takeaways: - Gain clarity on which people decisions are being responsibly automated at scale, and which must remain firmly human-led. - Understand the governance models emerging to manage risk, accountability, and transparency in AI-influenced people decisions. - Learn how leading organisations are defining ownership when AI informs outcomes but leaders remain accountable. - Explore how people leaders are building trust in AI-enabled processes without overpromising fairness or precision.