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Overview
The Bank of England (BoE) is the UK’s central bank, responsible for monetary policy and financial stability oversight.
Agentic AI Policy (June–July 2026)
Deputy Governor sarah-breeden at ECB Sintra Forum (2026-06-30-boe-sarah-breeden-agents-of-change-official):
- Existing technology-agnostic frameworks may be insufficient for autonomous AI agents
- Agent herding: multiple agents trained on similar data reacting identically amplifies volatility
- Exploring market-wide circuit breakers / kill switches for AI-triggered meltdowns
- Simulating agent herding with BIS Innovation Hub and Bundesbank
- 52% of finance firms already using agentic AI (Cambridge survey)
- Cyber risk: agents chaining vulnerabilities at scale
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