You've probably seen the claim. It shows up in vendor blogs, LinkedIn posts, and at least three keynote decks I've sat through this quarter: AI agent adoption is up 300% in two years. I run a daily AI news brief, so I went looking for the primary source. Here's what I found. The actual research behind it (SMR/BCG survey data) describes a near doubling of INTENT to deploy. Production deployment moved far less. Roughly 44% of companies say they're planning to deploy agents, and most of that co...