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REGULATION WATCH:
Mercari Moves AI Leadership Into HR as It Tests AI-Native Workflows
Mercari's Japan business CTO Toshiya Kimura is becoming CHRO and CAIO as the company links AI adoption with organizational redesign.
The company has tested smaller AI Pods and found faster decisions, but also limits around design, compliance and cross-functional work.
Mercari plans to make HR itself AI-first while using governance across legal, privacy, security, public policy and AI expertise.