Name: 49% of large US organizations have defined high-risk uses where AI agents may not make decisions on their own (KPMG, Q3 2026) (Q3 2026)
Creator: KPMG LLP (US)
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49% of large US organizations have defined high-risk uses where AI agents may not make decisions on their own (KPMG, Q3 2026) (Q3 2026).

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Why you can trust it. KPMG LLP (US), AI Quarterly Pulse Survey: survey, sampled survey with a published method. 314 US-based C-suite and business leaders at organizations with $1 billion or more in revenue, 24 Jul to 25 Aug 2026.

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Period Q3 2026
Region USA
Company size Large
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Source: KPMG LLP (US), AI Quarterly Pulse Survey, Q3 2026

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Publisher: KPMG LLP (US), AI Quarterly Pulse Survey
Source type: Survey: Sampled survey with a published method
What it measures: 49% of large US organizations have defined high-risk uses where AI agents may not make decisions on their own (KPMG, Q3 2026)
Data period: Q3 2026 (ends 25 Aug 2026)
Published by the source: 24 Sep 2026
Who is counted: 314 US-based C-suite and business leaders at organizations with $1 billion or more in revenue, 24 Jul to 25 Aug 2026.
In the source's words: Nearly half of leaders (49%) have defined high-risk use cases where they do not allow autonomous decision-making by agents.
Checked at source: 23 Oct 2026: Read on kpmg.com, 2026-10-23.
Reuse: All rights reserved; quote briefly with credit. Quarterly survey of 200-320 US leaders at firms with $1B+ revenue; wording changes between quarters.
Next expected update: Quarterly (KPMG LLP (US), quarterly)
Original page: kpmg.com: AI Quarterly Pulse Survey
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KPMG LLP (US). (2026). 49% of large US organizations have defined high-risk uses where AI agents may not make decisions on their own (KPMG, Q3 2026). Via digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/ai-agents/leaders-limit-agent-autonomy

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"49% of large US organizations have defined high-risk uses where AI agents may not make decisions on their own (KPMG, Q3 2026)." KPMG LLP (US), AI Quarterly Pulse Survey, Q3 2026. digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/ai-agents/leaders-limit-agent-autonomy.

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What is the latest figure for governance (USA)?

49% of large US organizations have defined high-risk uses where AI agents may not make decisions on their own (KPMG, Q3 2026), for Q3 2026, according to KPMG LLP (US), AI Quarterly Pulse Survey. We checked it at the source on 23 Oct 2026.

63%

of large US organizations require a person to validate AI agent outputs, up from 22% in Q1 2025 (KPMG, Q1 2026)

Sample: 237 US-based C-suite and business leaders at organizations with $1 billion or more in revenue, 17 Feb to 17 Mar 2026.

KPMG LLP (US), AI Quarterly Pulse Survey, Q1 2026

SurveyLargeUSA

62%

of large US organizations ($1B+ revenue) are building, deploying or developing AI agents, up from 53% the quarter before (KPMG, Q3 2026)

Sample: 314 US-based C-suite and business leaders at organizations with $1 billion or more in revenue, 24 Jul to 25 Aug 2026.

KPMG LLP (US), AI Quarterly Pulse Survey, Q3 2026

SurveyLargeUSA

25%

of large US organizations are developing or implementing multi-agent systems, up from 6% in each of the two quarters before (KPMG, Q3 2026)

Sample: 314 US-based C-suite and business leaders at organizations with $1 billion or more in revenue, 24 Jul to 25 Aug 2026.

KPMG LLP (US), AI Quarterly Pulse Survey, Q3 2026

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Group	Organizations
Building, deploying or developing agents	62%
Defined no-autonomy zones for agents	49%
Multi-agent systems	25%

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