AGENTIC AI IN THE ENTERPRISE: HOW TO BALANCE AUTONOMY WITH CONSTRAINTS

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Enterprise AI agents become much easier to operate safely when their autonomy is bounded by explicit controls around permissions, tool access, verification, state, and approvals. Treat agents like production systems: use narrow tool permissions, durable audit trails, deterministic checks before writes, staged rollouts, cost and step limits, and human approval for higher-impact actions.