AI Agents as Governance Copilots: Making Compliance practical

AI agents are increasingly proposed as “governance copilots” that translate high level privacy and AI rules into concrete, operational guidance for product, legal and security teams.

Yet their use raises questions about accountability, human oversight, audit trails and the limits of automation in risk assessment, documentation and decision support.

This panel brings together perspectives from industry privacy practice, legal technology and data protection supervision.

The discussion will examine how AI agents can support practical compliance with the GDPR and the EU AI Act.

Topics will include embedding compliance checks into development workflows and generating and maintaining documentation and evidence for regulators.

The panelists will identify where automation adds value, where human judgment is essential, and how to design governance frameworks so that AI copilots strengthen accountability.