# The PM's Guide to Managing AI Debt

DevFeed: [The PM's Guide to Managing AI Debt](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-pm-s-guide-to-managing-ai-debt-18347.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://newsletter.artofsaience.com/p/the-pms-guide-to-managing-ai-debt>)

Author: Sairam Sundaresan

Published: 2026-06-26T12:03:18Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Gradient Ascent](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/gradient-ascent.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [AI Strategy](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-strategy.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [cost](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cost.md>), [customer-trust](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/customer-trust.md>), [guide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/guide.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [monitoring](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/monitoring.md>), [privacy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/privacy.md>), [product](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product.md>)

## AI overview

This guide introduces AI debt as the loss of options to respond when AI systems fail in production. It outlines how product managers and AI product owners can identify AI debt, recognize risky scaling, and take steps that protect customer trust, cost, and privacy.

## Source excerpt

The hidden cost of shipping AI fast, and how to control it.