Most companies just test-driving AI agents: KPMG

Dive Brief:

• Most U.S. companies (65%) are experimenting with artificial intelligence agents — tools designed to perform workplace tasks in place of humans, up from 37% in the fourth quarter of last year, a KPMG study released Wednesday found.
• The Big Four accounting firm also found that generative AI budgets are expanding, with surveyed organizations planning to spend an average of nearly $114 million on the technology during the next…