# Shadow AI
Source: https://humanspark.ai/frameworks/shadow-ai/

*Staff already use free AI on company data. The risk is already here.*

**When to use:** In governance and IT conversations, to create urgency without fear.

The risk is already in the *building*.

Staff are almost certainly pasting company data into free AI tools already. The question is whether you contain it - with an approved workspace and a clear policy - not whether it is happening.