According to a story in ChannelInsider, a new report from Blackfog, which offers AI security and anti-data exfiltration technology, shows that unsanctioned, "shadow" AI is growing as a security risk.
The survey reached 2,000 respondents, and found that:
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86 percent use AI tools at least weekly for work
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58 percent use free tools, which present security and governance issues when used for work
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34 percent admit to using free versions of AI tools for which a company-approved version is available
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60 percent would take risks to meet deadlines
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21 percent believe that their employer would "turn a blind eye" to taking risks if it helped work get done on time
And approval of risk-taking may be worse, the higher up the org chart one goes: 38 percent of junior executives believe that speed is more important than privacy or security, but 69 percent of the C-suite believe the same thing.
For more information, see the report from Blackfog.