New IBM Study Finds CIOs and CTOs Face Growing AI Control Gap as Enterprise Deployment Scales

• Most surveyed technology leaders are accountable for systems they don’t fully control

• Only 11% of respondents say they’re completely prepared for the scale of AI agent deployment

• Organizations that design control into their AI systems achieve significantly stronger performance outcomes.

ARMONK, N.Y., June 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — A new IBM (NYSE: IBM) Institute for Business Value study reveals that as AI moves from experimentation to enterprise-wide deployment, two-thirds of surveyed CIOs and CTOs report being held accountable for AI systems they do not fully control, while governance struggles to keep pace at scale.

The global study* of 2,000 C-level technology executives (tech CxOs) finds that the lack of visibility is widespread. The majority of surveyed executives (70%) say teams across the business are deploying technology faster than IT can track.

At the same time, technology leaders face growing pressure to scale AI…