Connecting AI agents was only the beginning. Now they need to think together

The article argues that connecting AI agents across vendors and enterprise systems is only the first step; the real business challenge is getting them to share intent, context, and decision-making so they can act as coordinated teams rather than isolated tools. For CIOs, this means multi-agent AI will not deliver reliable productivity or automation gains without new governance, semantic standards, observability, and human oversight to prevent conflicting actions, misinterpretation, and operational risk across the IT and business landscape.