The Shadow AI reality: Inside Cato's survey results
AI tools have proved their worth in the workplace. They help us write, research, code, plan, and automate. They’re making employees faster and more productive, and helping businesses move and innovate at a pace that wasn’t possible before. But AI’s rise wasn’t orchestrated by IT. It didn’t always arrive through formal adoption plans or procurement cycles. It turned up in shared links to popular GenAI and other tools, self-sanctioned and adopted by users in minutes.