India, Oct. 13 -- Workday, an enterprise AI platform, is pitching a replacement for the traditional artificial intelligence (AI) interface with an autonomous AI layer-while warning the enterprise world against "lawless" AI. This is a pivotal moment for an agentic AI vision in a workplace where AI agents will increasingly anticipate needs, coordinate with other agents as necessary, and carry out much of the work themselves. So much so, Workday is shifting terminology from copilots to autopilots.

The company warns that while a 10% productivity gain from an AI chatbot is no longer enough, the upgrades must be implemented responsibly because ungoverned AI agents are a liability. That is the foundation for Workday's new AI capabilities. At th...