The weaponization of a critical maritime chokepoint has rewritten the rules of global trade. The same logic, and the same danger, now governs AI infrastructure. This is what senior leaders need to understand before the tolls arrive.

A procedural mistake at the world’s most important AI research conference just exposed the most dangerous fault line in global technology, and most boards are not equipped to understand what it means for their organizations.

Our digital infrastructure has been dangerously exposed for years – artificial intelligence didn’t create the crisis, it just turned the lights on.