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CIOs ready for another role-change as AI becomes agent of chaos
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Forrester predicts that by decade's end, the rush toward agentic AI will grow so chaotic that CIOs will be forced into a new role as enforcer of order.
Key facts
- In 2030, these errors will create systematic failure at scale
- Forrester said CIOS would end up "governing the enterprise AI-powered operating system" rather than running the tech
- Nonetheless, AI agents will, in the end, come to dominate enterprise IT, it now claims
- Enterprise application vendors are using their entrenched positions among customers to end discounting and push high-margin AI products, Forrester also said
Summary
In a recent research note, the analyst warned that the promise of line-of-business departments building and deploying their own AI agents will fade as agent systems sprawl across the organization, increasingly misaligned with business needs. Forrester said CIOS would end up "governing the enterprise AI-powered operating system" rather than running the tech. "In 2030, these errors will create systematic failure at scale. This is the same Forrester which, in October last year, said fewer than one-third of decision-makers were able to make the connection between the value of AI and their corporation's financial growth.