Nurturing agentic AI beyond the toddler stage

The article says no-code tools and the open-source agent OpenClaw pushed agentic AI into a more autonomous stage between Dec. 2025 and Jan. 2026. It cites California AB 316 taking effect on Jan. 1, 2026, so firms cannot dodge liability by blaming AI, and an IDC survey sponsored by Data Robot reporting 96% of generative AI deployments and 92% of agentic AI deployments cost more than expected. The real issue is workflow-level governance: permission drift, orphaned agents, long-lived tokens, and sessions that can reach $100,000.