Your prototype wowed leadership in a demo. Six weeks into the pilot, real users say it is unreliable. What happened and what do you do?

The most common story in AI product development. A demo proves the model can do something; a product needs it to do that thing reliably on inputs nobody chose. The strong answer separates those milestones and resets expectations without losing the sponsor.

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