This Tuesday morning, the world is buzzing about agentic AI, with predictions of over one billion agents in use globally by 2029, a staggering 40-fold increase from 2025, as both the South China Morning Post and InfoWorld confirm. This explosion in AI agents is transforming industries, but also raising critical questions about governance and privacy.

Early movers are seeing success, with AWS Hong Kong attributing $15 billion in annual recurring revenue to AI agent adoption. However, InfoWorld w