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Splunk survey says 55% of IT leaders cannot control agent spend
Reality check
A vendor press release from a survey of 2,050 respondents. The 83% and 55% figures are vendor-reported, not independently verified.
What the research found
CXOToday duplicate of Cisco's Splunk State of Observability 2026 press release (Oct 20, 2026): 83% worry about unintended agent consequences and over half cannot control agentic AI spend, all vendor-reported.
Claims and how well the evidence supports them
- Cisco released Splunk State of Observability 2026 on October 20, 2026 6%
- 83% of respondents (81% in India) worry about unintended consequences of AI agents 99%
- Over half of respondents cannot control agentic AI spend 96%
- Figures are vendor-reported 35%
Evidence
- cxotoday.com https://cxotoday.com/ai/the-ai-tokenomics-crisis-55-of-it-leaders-cant-control-agentic-ai-spend-splunk-finds
Actionability rated none.