Businesses Adopt Agentic AI While Governance Lags

Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business surveyed more than 500 data professionals and found 41% of organizations use agentic AI in daily operations, while only 27% report mature governance frameworks. The results emphasize that governance gaps create accountability, oversight and operational risks when autonomous systems act without timely human intervention, and that organizations with stronger governance are more likely to sustain automation benefits and reduce long-term risk.