Promevo’s Blair Sammons on AI ‘Black Box’ & Explainability in Entperprise AI World

COVINGTON, Ky., January 5, 2026 /Enterprise AI World/--A new feature in Enterprise AI World by Jelani Harper explores the growing challenge of ensuring transparency and accountability in large language models (LLMs). Highlighting insights from Blair Sammons, Director of Solutions, Cloud and AI at Promevo, the article—titled "Tackling Explainability and Interpretability in Language Models"—addresses the difficulty organizations face when trying to explain the outputs of complex AI models they did not train themselves. As businesses increasingly rely on managed service providers for their AI infrastructure, Sammons points out the compounded "black box" problem: "Not only do you have the black box of how does the model function, but you also have the black box of whatever this company has wrapped the LLM in." This dual layer of opacity makes it critical for enterprises to adopt new strategies for traceability and accountability.

The piece suggests that while true "explainability" (identifying specific parameters responsible for an output) remains elusive for massive models, organizations can achieve practical transparency through methods like reasoning models, Chain of Thought (CoT), and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG). By shifting the focus from technical explainability to "transparent accountability," companies can better verify that their models are reasoning correctly—a vital step for mission-critical processes. Sammons’s commentary underscores Promevo’s commitment to helping clients navigate these complexities, ensuring that even "modestly sized enterprises" can implement AI solutions that are not only powerful but also trustworthy and auditable.

Check out the full article in Enterprise AI World to learn more. 

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