{"id":75654,"date":"2026-06-16T14:31:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T14:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/75654\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T14:31:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T14:31:13","slug":"the-siloed-data-era-is-over-heres-what-comes-next-for-ai-agents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/75654\/","title":{"rendered":"The siloed-data era is over. Here&#8217;s what comes next for AI agents."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some 700 million people now use ChatGPT every week. Now, the next phase of AI is well underway, as <a href=\"https:\/\/thenewstack.io\/ai\/\" class=\"local-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">agentic AI<\/a> undertakes autonomous task execution and multi-step, dynamic workflows. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwc.com\/us\/en\/tech-effect\/ai-analytics\/ai-agent-survey.html\" class=\"ext-link\" rel=\"external  nofollow noopener\" onclick=\"this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;\" target=\"_blank\">PwC\u2019s AI Agent Survey<\/a>, 79% of senior executives say their companies have already adopted AI agents, and two-thirds report measurable productivity gains.<\/p>\n<p>That hype overshadows the reality for many, though, as failure rates for enterprise AI can reach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jaimecatmull\/2025\/08\/22\/mit-says-95-of-enterprise-ai-failsheres-what-the-5-are-doing-right\/\" class=\"ext-link\" rel=\"external  nofollow noopener\" onclick=\"this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;\" target=\"_blank\">95%, according to one MIT study<\/a>. Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/en\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2025-06-25-gartner-predicts-over-40-percent-of-agentic-ai-projects-will-be-canceled-by-end-of-2027\" class=\"ext-link\" rel=\"external  nofollow noopener\" onclick=\"this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;\" target=\"_blank\">Gartner predicts<\/a> that more than 40% of agentic AI projects will be canceled by the end of 2027 due to high costs, unclear business value, and inadequate risk control.<\/p>\n<p>Why do some AI projects go astray? <\/p>\n<p>Poor-quality data, a lack of organizational knowledge, and insufficient context can limit the effectiveness of agentic AI. Most AI agents can reach only structured data and the public internet \u2014 yet 80% to 90% of all enterprise data is unstructured and trapped in silos: PDFs, contracts, emails, manuals, and customer interaction records. 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