Global AI Risk Horizon Brief, Issue 02: Autonomous AI, Delegated Authority and Operational Resilience
Updated: Oct 1
Most organisations are still focused on the visible AI risks: model accuracy, policy compliance, adoption, and the security of AI-enabled tools. The more consequential pressure may emerge as AI systems begin to act within business workflows, with delegated authority extending across internal processes, third-party services and customer-facing decisions.
The Global AI Risk Horizon Brief is Horizon Scan AI’s public intelligence series for leaders navigating the next 6–18 months. Issue 02 examines three emerging risk pathways shaping the autonomous enterprise: the authority gap created when systems receive consequential decision rights before accountability is clear; the recovery challenge of interrupting, tracing and containing actions across connected workflows; and the invisible workforce of non-human identities, permissions and delegated credentials that may expand beyond effective oversight.
Together, these pathways show how a seemingly local workflow decision can cascade into operational disruption, liability exposure, customer-trust pressure and heightened board scrutiny. The brief is designed to help leaders identify where AI autonomy may narrow strategic options before those dependencies become difficult to reverse.
Read the full brief below.
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