Why a lack of governance will hurt companies using agentic AI

Businesses are acting fast to adopt agentic AI—artificial intelligence systems that work without human guidance—but have been much slower to put governance in place to oversee them, a new survey shows. That mismatch is a major source of risk in AI adoption. In my view, it’s also a business opportunity.

I’m a professor of management information systems at Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business, which recently surveyed more than 500 data professionals through its Center for Applied AI and Business Analytics.