Report: Enterprise AI agents often fail to reach production due to lack of knowledge

An MIT Technology Review report based on a survey of 300 executives finds that enterprise AI agents struggle to reach production due to a lack of organizational knowledge. On average only 34% of agentic projects make it to production, with data weaknesses, security and privacy concerns, and lack of knowledge as key obstacles. Firms with strong knowledge capabilities are more successful.

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