Brief, mostly facts
Splunk survey: over half cannot measure agent quality or control AI costs
Released Oct 20 from 2,050 respondents in 10 countries. It is a Cisco vendor press release, and 83% worry about unintended agent actions.
What the research found
Primary PR Newswire copy of Cisco's Splunk State of Observability 2026 (released Oct 20, 2026): vendor survey of 2,050 ITOps and engineering pros in 10 countries reporting 83% concern about agent consequences and over half unable to control AI costs.
Claims and how well the evidence supports them
- Cisco released the Splunk State of Observability 2026 report on October 20, 2026 99%
- The survey covered 2,050 ITOps and engineering respondents in 10 countries 99%
- 83% of respondents are concerned about unintended consequences of AI agents 99%
- Over half of respondents cannot control AI costs or measure agent quality 94%
Evidence
- finance.yahoo.com https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/splunk-state-observability-2026-avoiding-120000794.html
Actionability rated low.