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ServiceNow says agentic AI will redefine work — but only if companies get governance right

Everyone is focused on agentic AI deployment. Nobody is talking about the governance crisis coming.

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ServiceNow highlights that the enterprise shift from AI copilots to autonomous agents creates massive governance challenges that could make or break AI transformations. Companies need governance frameworks now before agentic AI scales beyond control.

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  1. Enterprise AI moving from copilots to autonomous agentic platforms

  2. Autonomous workflows becoming next enterprise AI battleground

  3. Governance and identity management emerging as critical success factors

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Publisher excerpt: Autonomous workflows are fast becoming the next enterprise AI battleground as companies move beyond copilots and enter the agentic AI platform era, where software can act on its own. That shift is redefining how work gets done, but it is also forcing a harder conversation about governance, identity…
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