Corporate AI environment
The ecosystem of AI systems, tools, and practices deployed within an organization, including sanctioned and unsanctioned implementations. A critical challenge is Shadow AI—unauthorized AI projects operating without IT or security oversight.
- Shadow AI definition: Unauthorized or undiscovered AI instances within corporate networks, as defined by IBM’s Jeff Crume (2026), posing significant security and compliance risks shadow-ai
- Key risk: Employees using generative AI for tasks without governance, leading to data leakage, regulatory non-compliance, and uncontrolled model deployment AI Governance
- IBM’s management strategy: Proactive visibility into all AI instances required to mitigate risks, emphasizing organizational awareness beyond formal IT channels AI Governance
- Source: IBM Shadow AI (Jeff Crume, IBM Technology, 2026)
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Source Notes
- 2026-04-28: ChatGPT · ▶ source