At a glance, it can be tough to tell the difference between trustworthy and convincing AI agents. Both project plenty of confidence, but only one can show where its information comes from and what it did with your data. Learn how AI data governance makes an important difference in your organization's AI implementations.

Every vendor calls their product an "AI agent" now, but a chatbot, a copilot, and an agent behave very differently once they're running in production. Before you sign a contract based on that label, it's worth knowing what real autonomy requires, and where the gap between demo and deployment tends to show up. Here's what the data says about which claims hold up, and the questions worth asking before you buy.

AI washing has brought SEC fines and federal fraud charges, and now the pattern shows up in IT procurement. Here’s how to spot it before you sign a contract.