Scaling AI agents with trustworthy data
View original at technologyreview.comMIT Technology Review - Ai Research Title: Scaling AI agents with trustworthy data Date: 2026-08-12 16:51 Source: https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/12/1141032/scaling-ai-agents-with-trustworthy-data/ <p>Business and technology leaders need no convincing that the time of agentic AI is here…
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AI agents will augment or automate 50% of business decisions by 2027.
60% confidenceWithin two years, 100% of respondents plan to be using agentic AI, with 69% expecting to use it widely.
60% confidenceIn organizations categorized as 'data laggards', AI access to company data falls to 30% or less.
60% confidenceTwo-thirds of data laggards say legacy data systems limit AI agent scaling (66%) and prevent agents from making decisions at speed (68%), versus just 8% of data leaders reporting either constraint.
60% confidenceOnly around half of surveyed organizations trust that the decisions their AI agents make are accurate and relevant, whereas 100% of data leaders trust their agents' decisions.
60% confidenceAcross all surveyed organizations, AI only has access to an average of 45% of company data.
60% confidenceA select group of 'data leaders' ensures access to over 70% of their data and has greater success with agents.
60% confidenceThe most important initiative to enable scaling among all respondents is improving access to structured and unstructured data for AI agents, followed by enhancing data and AI governance with business context; data leaders are also focusing heavily on automation of data management.
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