Tech leaders are seemingly rushing to deploy agentic AI - here's why

Piyawat Wuttichaikitcharoen / Getty Images Tech executives are moving swiftly to embrace AI agents, according to the latest Technology Pulse Poll from accounting firm Ernst & Young (EY). The poll, which surveyed more than 500 tech leaders in April, found about half (48%) of respondents have at least begun deploying agentic AI within their organizations. Slightly more (around 50%) said most of their companies' internal AI operations will be fully autonomous within the next two years, further indicating a movement toward agentic systems. Also: 100 leading AI scientists map route to more 'trustworthy, reliable, secure' AI Most tech leaders surveyed (58%) also said their organizations were ahead of the competition on AI adoption. This result should be taken with a hearty grain of salt, however, as there's an obvious incentive to espouse such claims publicly, even in the absence of hard evidence: "this is more perception than reality," EY Americas Technology Sector Growth Leader Ken En ... Read full article.