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Forbes contributor Dara-Abasi Ita examines the "agentic bank run" scenario raised by Apollo Global Management chief economist Torsten Slok and why banks can't act on it until they can tell which AI agents are legitimate. The piece draws on Arkose Labs' State of Agentic AI Trust Report, Q3 2026, which found that 97.7% of legitimate AI agent sessions carried no verified disclosure. Arkose Labs founder and CEO Kevin Gosschalk says blocking every agent turns away deposits while allowing them all is "a blank check," so banks need a way to confirm a real person is behind high-risk requests such as money movement.
