UpGuard：2025年影子AI状况报告：员工AI使用行为及其安全领导者启示（英文版）

Previous studies have found 60-80% of employees use unapproved AI tools, also known as shadow AI. We wanted to go further and understand why. Our first question was whether shadow AI correlates with other demographic and firmographic factors. Was shadow AI more prevalent in one industry or region? Are there particular departments within those companies creating more of a mess than others? Each of those factors do impact the overall rate of shadow AI, but the big picture is much simpler: shad