The anatomy of an AI leak: How Shadow AI puts enterprise IP at risk

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By Dipesh Ranjan, Sr. Vice President, Cyble

The use of Artificial Intelligence in today’s working environments has increased almost exponentially. As more and more workers use AI to assist them in their day to day work routine by allowing for the speeding up of tasks (creating content/finding images/analyzing data) ultimately leading to increased productivity. However along with this increased use of AI, there has also been an emergence of a hidden threat within companies, referred to as Shadow AI; much like Shadow IT, it is the use of AI tools and applications without knowledge or consent from the company’s IT/Security teams by employees; they may be utilising an unauthorized AI tool with good intentions and while doing so, exposes the company to potentially high risk of breaches of Intellectual Property and/or breach of Data Security rules.

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