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UK financial survey finds only 2% of respondents deploy broadly autonomous AI agents

The Bank of England and FCA report widespread AI-agent adoption but limited authority in production. In the full survey, 80% of respondents reported decision-support agents and only 2% broad autonomy. The 196-firm survey included 105 full questionnaires; question-level denominators vary. Weak ongoing monitoring and third-party dependencies remain concerns, so these deployment limits do not prove robust alignment or sector-wide safety.

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CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1
AWAY FROM DOOM40confidence 82/100

Why it moved the index

Measured limits on consequential financial-agent authority provide direct counterevidence to widespread autonomous control. Magnitude 40 reflects meaningful but sector-specific deployment constraints; confidence 82 reflects a primary descriptive survey, reduced for self-reporting, varying denominators and a non-exhaustive respondent population, not an audited guarantee of human control.

Assessment history

  1. R1
    Away 40 · confidence 82

    Adds the newly fully reviewed October 26 survey, distinguishing current agent authority from plans and self-reported controls.

    31 Oct 2026

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