Gartner Predicts 40% of Corporate AI Agent Projects Will Fail Due to Poor Risk Controls
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Joe Wilkins
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Summary
AI agents, touted as the next big thing after generative AI failed to deliver productive returns, are now facing a reckoning. Up to 79% of US corporate executives have some type of AI agent in development, but Gartner predicts 40% of these projects will collapse due to poor risk controls. The core issue is that AI agents can inflict tremendous damage on companies when given instructions without proper safeguards.
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· 3 pulledAccording to some estimates, up to 79 percent of US corporate execs have some type of AI agent in the making — but one Gartner prediction found 40 percent of these projects will implode due to poor risk controls.
AI agents are capable of inflicting tremendous amounts of damage on a company when instructed to
AI agents used to be all the rage, the supposed next hit product category after generative AI failed to generate productive returns. Now, the bill on all that hype is coming due.
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