The Fastest Path to AI Adoption Runs Through Security
Summary: McKinsey's State of AI report, cited here, says 76 percent of employees now use AI at work, up from 55 percent the year before, and most of those tools were never reviewed by security. The article describes a block-and-workaround cycle driven by speed, where an official approval path can take six weeks while a workaround takes six minutes.
Key Takeaway: With 76 percent of employees already using AI and most tools unreviewed, a six-week approval path against a six-minute workaround means the inventory of AI tools touching your data is being written by employees, not by security.
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