Morgan Stanley cut its riskiest reconciliation job in half — by making its agents less autonomous
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Morgan Stanley cutting P&L reconciliation work in half by constraining agents — not freeing them — reinforces that the winning pattern is tight orchestration plus human checkpoints in high-stakes workflows. If you’re deploying agents in finance, healthcare, or ops, design for narrow autonomy with explicit guardrails rather than chasing end-to-end replacement.
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