New Governance Frameworks Offer A Roadmap For Managing Risks Unique To Agentic AI

Agentic AI presents new opportunities for users and businesses to extend and expand the reach and effect of existing AI tools. Unlike generative AI or traditional machine learning systems, AI agents can take actions, adapt to new information, and interact with other agents and systems to complete tasks on behalf of humans. At the same time, these systems also present unique risks that require new approaches to AI risk governance.

In recognition of these new risks, on January 22, 2026, Singapore's Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) released a draft Model AI Governance Framework for Agentic AI at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. Singapore's framework follows the release of a similar framework by the WEF in November 2025. Both proposals recognize that current AI governance frameworks and best practices may not address the unique risks presented by agentic AI and therefore offer new guidance for governing such risks.