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AI 101 · Making AI reliable

What is shadow AI?

AI tools used inside the organization that nobody approved, procured or knows about.

In one sentence

AI tools used inside the organization that nobody approved, procured or knows about.

Why it matters to a business

It is where your data actually leaks. One person installing a tool and pointing it at a repository is enough, and no policy document prevents it on its own.

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Shadow AI, in questions

The same answer, in the shape people ask it.

What is shadow AI?

AI tools used inside the organization that nobody approved, procured or knows about.

Why does Shadow AI matter to a business?

It is where your data actually leaks. One person installing a tool and pointing it at a repository is enough, and no policy document prevents it on its own.

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