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Directly Responsible Individuals (DRI)

Directly Responsible Individuals (DRI) I went looking for a definition of "Directly Responsible Individuals" and the best I found was in the GitLab handbook. Apparently the term originated at Apple, where it's used to describe the person who is "ultimately accountable for the success or failure of a specific project, initiative, or activity". I've been thinking about this term recently in the context of LLM-powered agents and how they fit into human organizations. I don't think an agent should e

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Published: 12 July 2026
Source: Simon Willisons Weblog
Category: Field notes
Topics: Agents & autonomy · Transparency
Retrieved: 14 July 2026

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ethics.ai (12 July 2026), “Directly Responsible Individuals (DRI),” evidence record 2420, https://ethics.ai/record/2420 (originally published by Simon Willisons Weblog).

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