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Lesie vividly described how regulation influences AI deployment, especially in energy and telecom sectors. Ensuring network availability, data privacy, and standardization poses significant hurdles. For example, telecom regulators demand that networks operate at near-perfect uptime, which constrains the use of generative AI for network operations. Additionally, data privacy is sacrosanct; much of the data traversing these networks belongs to users, making uncontrolled AI-driven processing risky. Her strategy involves proactively engaging regulators, sharing research, and shaping policies that enable safe, innovative AI use.