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AI Agent Surge Threatens Security, Costs, Gartner Predicts 150k

5/18/2026

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Company leaders warn that unchecked AI agent proliferation threatens security and drives costly token usage.
Magnum Ice Cream CIO Michael Friedlander said the firm faces an uncontrolled surge of AI agents built with tools such as Anthropic’s Claude Cowork.
Gartner reports only 13 percent of firms have strong AI agent governance and predicts companies will run over 150,000 agents by 2028.

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Company leaders warn that unchecked AI agent proliferation threatens security and drives costly token usage.
Magnum Ice Cream CIO Michael Friedlander said the firm faces an uncontrolled surge of AI agents built with tools such as Anthropic’s Claude Cowork.
Gartner reports only 13 percent of firms have strong AI agent governance and predicts companies will run over 150,000 agents by 2028.