{"id":66904,"date":"2026-03-12T16:03:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T14:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lexia.it\/2026\/03\/12\/shadow-ai\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T16:17:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T14:17:58","slug":"shadow-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lexia.it\/de\/2026\/03\/12\/shadow-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"In the office with the algorithm hidden in the drawer, but when AI is shadowed, the company is at risk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>More and more frequently, employees are turning to artificial intelligence (AI) tools that are not authorized by the company to perform their daily tasks. This phenomenon, known as Shadow AI, refers to the unauthorized use of AI applications by employees without the company\u2019s consent or supervision. Among the most commonly used are tools like ChatGPT or Gemini, which allow workers to improve productivity, accelerate processes, and bypass operational inefficiencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lexia.it\/de\/professionista\/avv-aurora-agostini\/\">Aurora Agostini<\/a>, interviewed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monetaweb.it\/\">Moneta<\/a> on this topic, emphasized that &#8222;Shadow AI represents the unauthorized use of artificial intelligence tools by employees, outside of any company policy. Workers turn to these tools to enhance their efficiency, but this phenomenon is becoming far from marginal.&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For companies, it is essential to adopt a clear strategy that includes definitive corporate policies on the use of artificial intelligence tools in order to balance the benefits of innovation with the necessary security and compliance measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monetaweb.it\/impresa-e-management\/in-ufficio-con-lalgoritmo-nascosto-nel-cassetto-ma-quando-lia-e-ombra-lazienda-e-in-pericolo\/\">Full interview on Moneta > <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More and more frequently, employees are turning to artificial intelligence (AI) tools that are not authorized by the company to perform their daily tasks. This phenomenon, known as Shadow AI, refers to the unauthorized use of AI applications by employees without the company\u2019s consent or supervision. Among the most commonly used are tools like ChatGPT &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lexia.it\/de\/2026\/03\/12\/shadow-ai\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":66897,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[794],"tags":[],"area":[],"collana":[],"competenza":[744],"class_list":["post-66904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-de","competenza-daten-technologieinnovation"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Shadow AI: when AI is shadowed, the company is at risk - LEXIA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Shadow AI is growing in companies: employees are using unauthorized AI, increasing risks to security, privacy, and corporate compliance.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lexia.it\/de\/2026\/03\/12\/shadow-ai\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Shadow AI: when AI is shadowed, the company is at risk - 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