ADG in IT News Africa: Why the risks posed by agentic AI must be confronted before its benefits can be realised

Agentic AI adoption is moving faster than many organisations are prepared for, and while the technology promises major productivity gains, the risks need to be carefully weighed.

Cliff de Wit, Chief Innovation Officer at Accelera Digital Group (ADG), says businesses need to be careful that they do not treat agentic systems as harmless extensions of chatbots and start recognising the new risk surface they create.