Avoid expensive AI agents with these five design imperatives

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Prepare your data and software stack to avoid ‘silent and expensive’ AI agents. Follow five imperatives: keep models close to enterprise data rather than moving large datasets, architect for massive multi-step inference workloads, log and make every autonomous action reversible, integrate your stack via API orchestration and agent frameworks, and optimise token routing to cost-appropriate models. Neglecting these steps will drive up cloud bills, fragment tools, and increase security and compliance risk. Implementing these changes helps control costs, protect data, and scale agentic workflows safely.

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