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Why your boss is the biggest AI risk

Execs have been quick to caution developers about the risks of AI, but don't seem to be taking their own advice.
November 05, 2025

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes

As AI governance frameworks tighten, overeager executives are posing the biggest risks in their use of AI tools and models. 

It has been an uphill battle to establish effective guardrails for the use of generative AI and LLM-powered tools in the workplace since they burst onto the scene in 2022. But what if the people responsible for setting those guardrails are the most likely to ignore them? 

A recent survey suggests that the higher up the hierarchy you are within an organization, the more likely you are to dabble with ‘shadow AI’ outside the sightlines of colleagues. 

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