--- title: "TCS+ | The Up&Up Group on the hidden cost of AI" url: https://daily.dev/posts/tcs-the-up-up-group-on-the-hidden-cost-of-ai-yvrylgthv source_url: https://techcentral.co.za/tcs-the-upup-group-on-the-hidden-cost-of-ai/281330 type: article source: "TechCentral" published: 2026-05-13T10:51:57.658Z updated: 2026-05-13T10:52:27.264Z tags: ["ai", "ai-agents", "ai-governance"] reading_time: 3 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # TCS+ | The Up&Up Group on the hidden cost of AI **[TechCentral](https://daily.dev/sources/techcentral)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Jason Harrison, COO of The Up&Up Group, argues that enterprise AI spending often reflects FOMO rather than genuine strategy. He highlights hidden costs that rarely appear in CFO spreadsheets: policy and governance overhead, reputational and legal risks from AI errors, runaway autonomous agents discovered only when cloud bills arrive, and AI's broader energy footprint. Harrison recommends a 'test and learn' approach with many small experiments before scaling, and insists governance must sit close to the work rather than only in the boardroom. Despite his cautionary stance, he remains optimistic about AI's transformative potential in Africa, suggesting African organisations may use AI to develop thinking skills rather than just retrieve answers. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [How South African executives can crack the AI ROI code](https://daily.dev/posts/how-south-african-executives-can-crack-the-ai-roi-code-syuuyyk16) · TechCentral · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [TCS\+ \| Flipping the narrative on AI in the Global South](https://daily.dev/posts/tcs-flipping-the-narrative-on-ai-in-the-global-south-yzimz0mf2) · TechCentral · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#ai-governance](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-governance) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/tcs-the-up-up-group-on-the-hidden-cost-of-ai-yvrylgthv)