Show Notes
One developer burned through 300 million AI tokens in a single week. The payoff was far less impressive. For Todd Trevillion, it's a striking example of what can happen when AI adoption outpaces the controls needed to manage it. And with autonomous AI agents beginning to make decisions on behalf of businesses, the stakes are getting higher. Recorded at EVOLVE26 Singapore, this episode of The AI Forecast follows Paul Muller as he sits down with Todd Trevillion, technology entrepreneur and co-founder of Citadel Edge, to explore whether enterprises are truly ready for agentic AI and what it takes to deploy the technology responsibly. Working with organizations in highly regulated industries, Todd has seen how quickly AI ambitions can run into operational reality. He questions whether enterprises are prepared to give autonomous agents greater control when the consequences of their actions can be difficult to predict. Paul and Todd dive into:
Why agentic AI introduces new risks for enterprise security and governance What happens when autonomous agents make decisions on behalf of businesses How uncontrolled token consumption can undermine AI ROI Why data sovereignty matters in regulated industries Why AI observability and human oversight remain essential How to balance AI innovation with enterprise accountability
Todd raises an uncomfortable possibility: what happens when AI agents start making decisions based on other agents’ decisions, with no human watching closely enough to catch a mistake? For enterprises, the potential blast radius could extend far beyond a bad answer. If you're responsible for enterprise AI strategy or governance, this episode will help you think more critically about the authority you're giving AI agents and the safeguards needed to keep them under control. Want to hear more about responsible AI adoption? Check out Ep 81 | AI Guardrails: How to Govern AI Without Slowing Innovation. Stay in touch with Todd: Todd Trevillion on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddtrevillion/ +++ Like and subscribe to The AI Forecast, sponsored by Cloudera, to stay up to date on the latest episodes in the EVOLVE26 series. You can also watch the video version on The AI Forecast.
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