Gartner Says 40% of AI Agents Will Be Decommissioned by 2027. The Kill Switch Is Why. (opens in new tab)

Gartner predicts that by 2027, 40% of enterprises will demote or decommission autonomous AI agents due to governance gaps identified only after production incidents occur. The instinct when something goes wrong: kill it. Revoke access. Freeze the wallet. Shut it down. Cerbos published the counter-argument that CISOs are now adopting: "Allow or revoke. Deploy or kill. That works in a lab. It does not work in a hospital, a bank, a payments network, or any environment where the agent is doing so...