Every CEO I know wants their team to use AI more, and for good reason: it can supercharge almost every area of their business and make employees vastly more efficient. Employee use of AI is a business imperative, but as it becomes more common, how can companies avoid major security headaches? 

Sift’s latest data found that 31% of consumers admit to entering personal or sensitive information into GenAI tools like ChatGPT, and 14% of those individuals explicitly reported entering company trade secrets. Other types of information that people admit to sharing with AI chatbots include financial details, nonpublic facts, email addresses, phone numbers, and information about employers. At its core, it reveals that people are increasingly willing to trust AI with sensitive information. 

This overconfidence with AI isn’t limited to data sharing. The same comfort level that leads people to input sensitive work information also makes them vulnerable to deepfakes and AI-generated scams in their personal lives. Sift data found that concern that AI would be used to scam someone has decreased 18% in the last year, and yet the number of people who admit to being successfully scammed has increased 62% since 2024. Whether it’s sharing trade secrets at work or falling for scam texts at home, the pattern is the same: familiarity with AI is creating dangerous blind spots.

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