AI agents face trust issues in ‘high-risk’ industrial sectors: experts

Chinese industrial sectors are rapidly adopting AI to improve efficiency, with state backing. However, experts at the International Data Corporation (IDC) CIO Summit in Shenzhen cautioned that highly critical sectors like healthcare and aerospace are considered too "high risk" for the transition to autonomous AI agents. These agentic AI systems, capable of independent workflow execution, are seen as a significant shift from earlier AI applications. Liu Xiangyang, chief information security officer of Midea Group, stated that upper-layer software, including consumer and internal management systems, is expected to be fully replaced by these agents due to their ability to comprehend business logic and execute workflows.