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Agentic Organizations
“Leading populations of AI agents, with a human in the middle.”
Written by people and agents · Editor in Chief: Mike Lee
Today's Briefing · Saturday, October 31, 2026

AI agents and the organizations that run them

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Our own:Today's decision for leaders: Have you set clear limits on an agent pilot before widening it? See Chapter 7.
Our own:Today's lesson for students: Try having an agent prepare a case file from sample data, then check each fact it states against the source. See Building AI Agents.
ABN Amro to pilot AI agents against financial crime
ABN Amro will run a six-month pilot of AI agents against financial crime with Wonderful AI, according to AML Intelligence. The agents gather information, prepare case files and support data quality checks, in the bank's experimentation environment.
Our own:For leaders: Have you set clear limits on an agent pilot before widening it? See Chapter 7.
Our own:For students: Try having an agent prepare a case file from sample data, then check each fact it states against the source. See Building AI Agents.
CFTC commissioner calls for agent verification at AI agent forum
At the CFTC's first Frontier Forum, Michael Selig called for an "agent verification" system to identify on whose behalf multiple AI agents trade, Digital Today reports. It relays remarks first reported by Cointelegraph. Its headline calls him chair; its body says commissioner.
Our own:For leaders: Can you show which person each of your agents acts for? Regulators may soon ask. See Chapter 8.
Our own:For students: Try giving your own agent a way to show whose behalf it acts on, then test whether someone else could check it. See Building AI Agents.
Banco Sabadell picks T-Systems to set up AI agent framework
Banco Sabadell agreed to work with T-Systems to set up the technical and governance framework for deploying AI agents at scale, aiming to avoid "structural dependence on a single technology supplier," EuropaWire reports in a Deutsche Telekom release. The release states intent, so deployment is planned.
Our own:For leaders: If you change suppliers, does your agents' knowledge and limits stay yours? Decide before deploying at scale. See Chapter 8.
Our own:For students: Try writing down who your agent depends on and what you would do if one supplier disappeared. See Building AI Agents.
Guidewire agrees to buy hyperexponential for $1.7 billion
In a press release, Guidewire announced a $1.7 billion cash deal, plus up to $400 million more if revenue targets are met, to buy London-based hyperexponential, which it calls "the agentic platform for commercial P&C insurance underwriting." The deal has not closed and may not be completed, the release says.
Our own:For leaders: When agents work beside underwriters, who stays accountable for each decision? Name that person before you buy. See Chapter 8.
Our own:For students: Pick one step in insurance underwriting and decide what an agent may do alone and what needs a person's approval. See Building AI Agents.
ABA survey: most U.S. adults wary of AI agents moving money
A Morning Consult survey for the American Bankers Association found 77% of adults are concerned about giving an AI agent permission to move money, and 79% say consumers should not be required to share their online banking username and password, ABA Banking Journal reports. It also found 19% say an AI agent has already asked them for login credentials or card numbers.
Our own:For leaders: Will customers let agents act for them, and who verifies it is really their agent? Set permissions now. See Chapter 6.
Our own:For students: Try giving your own agent a rule it must not break, such as never asking for passwords, and test it. See Building AI Agents.
Schwab CEO says firm blocks outside AI agents from client accounts
InvestmentNews reports that Schwab CEO Rick Wurster said at Schwab IMPACT 2026 in Boston that the firm uses technology to block AI agents trying to log in to client accounts on clients' behalf. He said Schwab does not let outside agents move money.
Our own:For leaders: Will customers' own agents be allowed into your accounts and systems, and who sets the limits? See Chapter 8.
Our own:For students: Try giving your own agent a rule it must not break, such as never moving money, and test it. See Building AI Agents.
Trial finds students given AI tutor earned lower course grades
In a randomized trial with 2,379 undergraduates and 30 instructors at a large U.S. public university, access to a course-integrated AI tutor lowered final grades by 0.37 standard deviations, EdWorkingPapers reports. Learning management system participation fell 0.90 standard deviations. Estimated losses were larger for first-generation students.
Our own:For leaders: Have you measured what an AI tool does to your people's results before scaling it, and who decides when to stop? See Chapter 8.
Our own:For students: Test any AI helper you build or use: compare results with and without it, and check whether you learn more or less.
Guidewire launches platform linking AI agents to insurers' core systems
Guidewire released a platform approach to agentic insurance that, per SecurityBrief Asia, "combines applications, data, workflows and controls in one environment." The article says some announced features are "available only to early access customers or remain on the product roadmap."
Our own:For leaders: Which of your vendor's agent controls work today, and which are only planned? Ask before agents touch claims or pricing. See Chapter 7.
Our own:For students: Before trusting an agent tool, check which features are live and which are only planned, then test one yourself. See Building AI Agents.

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