# Frontier AI Systems and Capabilities

Driving thought leadership to shape responsible and effective deployment and oversight.

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## Building consensus regarding best practices and suitable governance for Frontier AI Systems

Convening chief science officers, technical leaders, and AI system developers to build consensus around the safe and effective deployment of advanced AI systems — including world models, multi-modal models and AI agents. It focuses on fostering shared technical standards, advancing safety protocols, and shaping the design of AI systems that are robust, aligned, and adaptable to complex real-world contexts.


## Objectives


### Examine

Examine the current landscape and future potential of AI agents, focusing on their capabilities, readiness levels, and autonomy.


### Unite

Build consensus on the emerging frontier of generative AI systems, from large language models to large multi-modal models, and how they power a new era of AI agents.


### Act

Address technical governance challenges associated with the integration of AI agents into daily life and into various sectors and industries.


## Publications


## AI Agents in Action: A Playbook for Trusted Adoption, Authorization and Scaling

As organizations scale AI agents, they face growing challenges in defining and enforcing clear authorization, accountability, and oversight across increasingly autonomous systems. This report introduces the Agent Capability and Authorization Profile (ACAP), a governance framework that makes AI agent actions auditable, enforceable, and aligned with human responsibility throughout the lifecycle. It provides a practical roadmap to support trusted AI adoption, scalable deployment, and standardized governance of agentic systems.

[Read our latest report](https://www.weforum.org/publications/ai-agents-in-action-a-playbook-for-trusted-adoption-authorization-and-scaling/)


## Featured Content

### AI Agents in Action: Foundations for Evaluation and Governance

Artificial intelligence agents are shifting from prototypes to real-world deployment, yet most organizations remain unsure how to evaluate, manage and govern them responsibly. With 82% of executives planning to adopt agents within the next one to three years, the gap between accelerating experimentation and mature oversight is widening, creating new risks in autonomy, safety, system integration and trust.

[Read more](https://www.weforum.org/publications/ai-agents-in-action-foundations-for-evaluation-and-governance/)

### Navigating the AI Frontier: A Primer on the Evolution and Impact of AI Agents

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[Read more](https://www.weforum.org/publications/navigating-the-ai-frontier-a-primer-on-the-evolution-and-impact-of-ai-agents/)

### AI Governance Alliance: Briefing Paper Series

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[Read more](https://www.weforum.org/publications/ai-governance-alliance-briefing-paper-series/)

### Why autonomous AI demands a new model of organizational authority

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[Read more](https://www.weforum.org/stories/2026/05/autonomous-ai-new-model-organizational-authority/)

### How to build a strong foundation for AI agent evaluation and governance

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[Read more](https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/12/ai-agents-onboarding-governance/)