4 stories in the last 7 days
The latest gartner news, distilled by AI into sharp ~100-word summaries. ByteBrief tracks gartner across dozens of tech sources and brings you only what matters, updated hourly. Tap any story for the full brief, or open the original source.
Gartner predicts 40% of enterprises will decommission autonomous AI agents by 2027 due to governance gaps found after incidents in production. Three digital leaders at Snowflake Summit shared lessons: use frameworks, exploit experts, and monetize data. Whoop uses Snowflake CoCo to scale agent deployment with formalized evaluation frameworks.

Enterprises face a transformed attack surface as AI agents become embedded in applications, browsers, and laptops. A Gartner report found 81% of surveyed enterprises were piloting or had fully implemented AI agent solutions. Leaders must govern autonomous agents that cannot be removed from the environment.
Global datacenter electricity consumption is set to reach 565 TWh in 2026 and could exceed 1,200 TWh by 2030, according to Gartner. AI-optimized servers will account for 31 percent of datacenter power this year. Grid supply may be unable to support additional capacity by 2030.

AI spending is making cost management more complex than traditional cloud or SaaS, according to Gartner analyst Marco Meinardi. Organizations must now manage costs influenced by external factors like customer interactions with AI applications. New methods using instrumentation and telemetry are needed to connect spending with business outcomes.
Summaries by ByteBrief