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Your employees are already using AI tools you never approved

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Your employees are already using AI tools you never approved

Seventy-four percent of organizations report departmental or scaled artificial intelligence (AI) adoption already underway, according to the OneTrust 2026 AI-Ready Governance Report. The remaining organizations are planning, evaluating, or experimenting with AI, with only 1% reporting no AI use. The finding highlights a gap between actual AI deployment and formal governance structures.

Why it matters: Security and compliance practitioners need to map shadow AI use across departments immediately, as unvetted tools create data exfiltration, intellectual property, and regulatory exposure today.

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