Your organization's AI governance committee discovers that training datasets containing customer financial records have no designated data owner. Three departments contributed data but none accepted classification responsibility. The AI model launch is scheduled in two weeks. What should you do FIRST?
A. Assign the AI project manager as interim data owner to meet the launch deadline
B. Escalate to senior management to assign data ownership before the model launches
C. Classify the combined dataset at the highest contributing department's level
D. Proceed with launch and resolve data ownership during the post-deployment review