The AI revolution has created new opportunities for CIOs, with expanded responsibilities and more authority, but some observers see the opposite happening at some organizations. While many CIOs have become the main executive leading AI strategy and initiatives, some organizations have set the responsibility for AI deployment and adoption with another executive. That puts CIOs in a real danger of being sidelined during the internal AI debate, according to some IT leaders and observers. Many organizations, for example, have appointed chief AI officers, and other industry experts suggest AI initiatives should be the purview of the CEO.