Employees are sneaking AI into work, even if they’re not supposed to. Should you let them?


It might be time to pay a lot more attention to how your company utilises AI in the workplace, and how good your AI policy is. — AFP

Facing a tidal wave of stress, burnout, and workplace anxiety, it’s no wonder that people are smuggling AI systems into their jobs without explicit permission or even in defiance of company rules, using them to save precious time by speeding up tedious tasks. As one office worker told the BBC, “It’s easier to get forgiveness than permission.” But as recent news surrounding the risks of breakthrough Chinese AI system DeepSeek highlighted, AI can represent a direct threat to your company, as sensitive information may leak out – without your knowledge, and despite your best efforts to control the risks – if staff are illicitly using AI.

It might be time to pay a lot more attention to how your company utilises AI in the workplace, and how good your AI policy is.

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