From shadow tech to concealed AI use and why leaders must catch up

Organisations that fail to monitor shadow AI usage today will face difficulties when regulatory bodies start enforcing new rules in the future.

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The rapid pace of technological development exceeds organisations’ ability to establish effective governance systems.

The workplace experienced a similar phenomenon in the last decade when staff members brought Dropbox, Google Docs and Slack into their work environments before organisational approval. Workers adopted these tools because they needed solutions that official systems failed to provide. The official tools were too slow, clunky, or nonexistent, so workers found their own.

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