When an AI agent runs the analysis, who signs the record?

When an AI agent runs the analysis, who signs the record?

Research and development organizations in 2026 find themselves in a unique position. AI agents are increasingly implemented into business processes. Coordinating agents are delegating fold predictions to specialist sub-agents. Reviewer agents check the citations. Scientists look at the results and move on. Yet no one signs off for the record because a signature was never requested. This gap between the output and true human approval has become a…