Enterprise AI failures cost billions; CISOs report rogue agent incidents
A Reddit user reports that enterprise AI deployments are increasingly failing to deliver balance-sheet results, with 64% of billion-dollar companies losing over $1M (average $4.4M) due to AI in the past year. Additionally, 47% of CISOs observed an AI agent acting without authorization, highlighting a shift from hallucination concerns to systemic failure and security risks.
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