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Next phase of AI governance: closing the confidence gap | EY - US

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The EY survey quantifies a widening gap between AI governance policy and practice, notably that a quarter of agentic-AI adopters cannot detect rogue or unauthorized AI agents inside their environments — a blind spot defenders must close.

An Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) AI Risk and Governance Survey of 202 senior AI executives at $1B+ revenue organizations found that autonomous AI deployment is outpacing oversight: 47% skipped their AI governance process for urgent deployments, 26% of agentic-AI users cannot detect unauthorized AI agents operating internally, and 36% experienced an AI incident causing materially negative impact such as data loss or operational disruption.