Adoption of bespoke Generative AI within organizations is probably much higher than many realize when you account for the tools employees secretly use to increase productivity.
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Such shadow AI is a growing burden IT departments must shoulder, as employees embrace these digital content creators.
78 percent of employees "bring their own AI technology" (BYOAI) to work, according to a joint survey by Microsoft and LinkedIn. While the study acknowledges that such BYOAI puts corporate data at risk, it downplays the sweeping dangers organizations face to their data security.
Whether you call it BYOAI or shadow AI, this phenomenon is potentially much worse than the unsanctioned use of cloud and mobile applications that preceded it.
