Red Hat

43% of UK organisations with a defined exit strategy still expect a moderate or significant impact on business continuity if their primary AI provider restricts service access.

Across the surveyed countries, 64% of organisations report having some or strong governance in place for agentic AI.

Overall visibility over where data is stored, processed and potentially accessible is 97% in Germany and 90% in both the Netherlands and Italy.

IT decision makers say the most valuable open source benefits for building trust in AI over the next three years are transparency and easier auditability (87%), more customisation for business and regulatory needs (82%), and greater control over how AI is built and where it runs (80%).

93% of UK organisations have complete or partial visibility over where their data is stored, processed and potentially accessible, including 48% with complete visibility and 45% with only partial visibility.

80% of IT decision makers see open source as providing greater control over how AI is built and where it runs.

89% of UK IT decision makers agree that public policy and regulation should mandate open source principles such as transparency and auditability to help organisations achieve AI sovereignty.

The regional average agreement across EMEA that public policy should mandate open source principles is 77%, with France at 70% and Germany at 72%.

17% of UK IT decision makers say governance for agentic AI is basic or minimal.

67% of UK IT decision makers report having a defined exit strategy if their primary AI provider were to restrict service access.

87% of UK IT decision makers already use agentic AI systems, compared with 91% in France and 90% in Germany.

Only 25% of UK IT decision makers report having strong governance frameworks for agentic AI.

43% of UK IT decision makers report having some governance for agentic AI but with gaps.