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Why CIOs Need To Focus On AI Guardrails To Boost Adoption

CIODIVE, Thursday, March 26th, 2026

As companies expand agentic AI use, IT chiefs know the real challenge will not be deploying the technology but managing it safely.

Agentic AI in the enterprise is reaching a tipping point, with tech leaders under pressure to deploy AI fast and let it take over repetitive tasks.

More than half of tech leaders expect to remove humans from the loop within a year or less, with nearly 4 in 5 companies treating AI agents as actual users requiring identity and governance controls.

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