‘The gap between AI ambition and infrastructure reality is widening’ Google Cloud report finds 83% of organizations must overhaul their infrastructure in order to maximize the agentic AI opportunity
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If 83% of orgs need infra overhauls for agentic AI, the constraint isn’t ideas — it’s plumbing. CIOs should freeze net-new ‘agent’ pilots until there’s a clear plan for data access, orchestration, and observability that can handle continuous, autonomous workflows.
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