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Opinion · 7 October 2026

# When AI agents act on our behalf, who is responsible?

Original title, in French: “Quand les agents IA agissent en notre nom, qui est responsable ?”

**Publication**

Silicon.fr (France)

**Author**

Philippe Leroy

**Published on**

7 October 2026 · read in the page structured data

## Summary

In this opinion piece, Michael Adams, Chief Information Security Officer at Docusign, raises the governance issues posed by deploying AI agents in companies. He draws on a Gartner projection that up to 40% of enterprise applications could include specialised agents by the end of 2026, compared with fewer than 5% in 2025. The author explains that these agents, which can act autonomously and delegate tasks to one another, should be treated as temporary, limited workload identities rather than as ordinary human users. He recommends inventorying non-human identities, applying least privilege, appointing an owner for each agent and strengthening authentication, in a European regulatory context shaped by NIS2 and the AI Act.

Summary based on the full text of the article.

[Read the article on Silicon.fr →](https://www.silicon.fr/data-ia-1372/quand-les-agents-ia-agissent-en-notre-nom-qui-est-responsable-229548)

## Figures cited

-   40 %
    
    share of enterprise applications including specialised AI agents by the end of 2026
    
    enterprise applications, end-2026 projection
    
    > « Gartner estime que jusqu’à 40 % des applications d’entreprise pourraient intégrer des agents spécialisés d’ici fin 2026, contre moins de 5 % en 2025. »
    
    Source: Gartner
    
-   5 %
    
    share of enterprise applications including specialised AI agents in 2025
    
    enterprise applications, 2025
    
    > « Gartner estime que jusqu’à 40 % des applications d’entreprise pourraient intégrer des agents spécialisés d’ici fin 2026, contre moins de 5 % en 2025. »
    
    Source: Gartner
    

## Classification

**Country**

Worldwide scope

**Company size**

All sizes

**Industries**

All industries, or industry not specified

**Companies**

Gartner (study author), Docusign (cited)

**Keywords**

ai agents, governance, non-human identities, access management, cybersecurity, ai act

Entry written by Marsanne Studio from the cited article, with the help of an AI model (claude-sonnet-5). The rights to the article and its illustrations belong to Silicon.fr and its author. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.