With Agentic AI, Agencies Ask, ‘Can It, Should It, May It?’

As agentic artificial intelligence (AI) gains traction across the public and private sectors, one line of questioning emerged repeatedly at MeriTalk’s Mission Room today: “Can it? May it?” For federal agencies experimenting with systems capable of taking action, officials say the focus should be less on the novelty of the technology and more on how – and when – it should be governed. For Jennifer Franks, acting chief technology officer and director of the Center for Enhanced Cybersecu