This weekly update covers the growing importance of trust and control in artificial intelligence agents that work in companies around the world. AI agents are becoming more powerful and making more decisions on their own, but companies are worried about keeping them safe and making sure they do the right thing.

Microsoft and other big tech companies are building new systems to help manage and trust their AI agents. One company discovered that a single hacked agent could break 50 other agents, showing how important it is to have strong security. Right now, many companies don't know how many AI agents they have running in their systems, and some agents have too much power to access important company information.

Companies are learning that humans need to stay in charge while AI agents do their work. Instead of letting agents make all decisions alone, the best way is to have humans watch over them and step in when something doesn't look right. This is called human-in-the-loop oversight. By the end of 2026, almost 70% of companies plan to have AI agents working in their business.

The big lesson for business leaders is that trust must be built from the start, not added later. Companies that treat agents like employees—knowing who created them, what they can do, and watching what they do—will be safer and more successful. The companies that win in 2026 will be the ones that figure out how to use powerful AI agents while keeping everything under control.