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MIT Technology Review Insights urges 'agentic shift' to scale enterprise AI
A sponsored report from MIT Technology Review Insights argues enterprises must move from treating AI as a tool to adopting an 'agentic shift' — an operating model that links people, processes, and data in real time. The piece recommends rebuilding data infrastructure for accessibility, adopting composable architectures, and ensuring data/model sovereignty, and notes fragmentation in enterprise systems and a projected $2.5 trillion in global AI investment by 2026.
KEY POINTS
- A sponsored report from MIT Technology Review Insights argues enterprises must move from treating AI as a tool to adopting an 'agentic shift' — an operating model that links people, processes, and data in real time.
- The piece recommends rebuilding data infrastructure for accessibility, adopting composable architectures, and ensuring data/model sovereignty, and notes fragmentation in enterprise systems and a projected $2.5 trillion in global AI investment by 2026.
- It matters because the report frames architecture, operating model change, data readiness, and sovereignty as the structural prerequisites for enterprises to convert rising AI capabilities and investment into sustained business value.
WHY IT MATTERS
It matters because the report frames architecture, operating model change, data readiness, and sovereignty as the structural prerequisites for enterprises to convert rising AI capabilities and investment into sustained business value.
SOURCES & TIMELINE
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