Works in the demo, costs in production
The prototype is impressive. Tokens are invisible. Errors are rare. Then production starts, and the bill changes character. Klarna learned this the hard way in 2025.
Risks
Hallucination, bias, quality, confidentiality, trade secrets, GDPR and the AI Act. What they don't show you in demos.
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Your data and trade secrets in AI: what leaves, what stays
When you use an AI API, where does your data go? Is it used to train models? What does GDPR say? What the AI Act changes. The questions your DPO should ask before any deployment.
Hallucination and false confidence: not a bug, a property to manage
An LLM asserts a truth and an invention with the same confidence. This isn't a flaw the next version will fix. It's a structural consequence of prediction-based operation. Here's what that means in production.