AI Agents
AI agents can retrieve, recommend, act and coordinate. The harder questions are where they create value, how much authority they should have, and what keeps them safe.
Why
How far
How safely
| Stage | What the AI does |
|---|---|
| 1. ASSIST | AI helps humans retrieve, search, summarise and draft. |
| 2. ADVISE | AI analyses, predicts, recommends and prioritises; the human decides. |
| 3. ACT | AI executes approved actions within defined authority and exceptions. |
| 4. ORCHESTRATE | AI coordinates an end-to-end workflow, tools and specialised agents, with escalation. |
| 5. AUTONOMOUS | AI manages a bounded process under governance and human oversight. |
Autonomous is not automatically the target state. The right level of autonomy depends on value, risk, regulation and accountability.
Why AI agents change the economics and operating model of a bank.
Where agents create value across the bank.
How work is redesigned when agents take on steps of a process.
Models, tools, memory and controls: what reliable agents are built from.
When one agent is enough, and when coordinated specialists are needed.
Where people stay in the loop, and how responsibility is shared.
Identity, permissions, monitoring and accountability for agents.
Practical agent use cases and examples, graded for evidence.
From ASSIST to AUTONOMOUS, and why autonomy is not automatically the goal.
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