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Nov 5, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

Why Agents Should Shadow First: Phased Deployment for Core Business

The article outlines a phased approach for deploying AI agents into core business processes, starting with offline replay and shadow running to compare agent decisions against human actions using original evidence, then gradually expanding authorization with defined rollback conditions, emphasizing that limited successes don't prove high-risk safety and full automation isn't always the goal.