Shadow AI in the Workplace Quiz

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1. What is shadow AI?
   • AI that runs only at night
   • Employees using AI tools without the organization's knowledge or approval
   • AI used by security teams to find threats
   • A dark mode setting in chatbots
2. Why does AI raise the stakes compared with ordinary shadow IT?
   • AI tools are always more expensive
   • Using AI means pasting in real work content
   • AI tools cannot be installed
   • Shadow IT is legal and AI is not
3. What happened at Samsung in 2023?
   • It launched its own chatbot for the public
   • Engineers reportedly entered confidential code into ChatGPT, and Samsung restricted generative AI use
   • It banned all computers
   • It sued an AI provider over pricing
4. According to the guide, what do business offerings from major AI providers generally do by default?
   • Publish all customer prompts
   • Exclude customer data from model training
   • Require employees to use personal accounts
   • Delete all files immediately
5. Why does the guide say outright bans often fail?
   • Bans are illegal
   • They push use further underground, and there are hundreds of AI services plus personal phones
   • Employees never use AI
   • Bans make AI tools faster
6. What can data loss prevention (DLP) policies do in this context?
   • Train new AI models
   • Inspect content pasted into or uploaded to AI services and block or warn on sensitive patterns
   • Speed up the internet connection
   • Replace acceptable-use policies entirely
7. Why does requiring single sign-on for approved AI tools help?
   • It ties use to corporate accounts where retention and training settings are managed centrally
   • It makes the tools free
   • It lets anyone see others' prompts
   • It turns off all AI features
8. How does the guide expect shadow AI to change as AI is built into ordinary software?
   • It will disappear entirely
   • The question becomes which AI features are turned on and under what data terms
   • Only websites will matter
   • Regulations will stop applying