Slang & Culture
Shadow AI
AI tools that employees use for work without their employer's knowledge or approval — for example, pasting company data into a personal chatbot account. It raises security and privacy risks because the company cannot see or control where the data goes.
Origin · no single documented coiner
Adapted from the older term "shadow IT", coined for unauthorized technology generally. No single documented coiner for the AI-specific usage.
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