Jack's Rants - AI Is The New Shadow IT : Why Employees Are Quietly Building the Next IT Risk

Podcast: IT Horror Stories with Jack Smith · Jack Smith

Opublikowano: 2026-08-10

Artificial intelligence didn't invent Shadow IT—it made it invisible. In this Jack's Rant, Jack Smith explores how AI tools like ChatGPT, Copilot and Claude have fundamentally changed the way employees solve problems. No servers under desks. No rogue software installations. Just a browser tab and a prompt. From confidential data and AI-generated scripts to fragmented workflows and "ChatGPT says..." becoming the new expert opinion, this episode examines why AI has lowered the barrier to creating business-critical systems outside IT's view. But this isn't a rant against AI. It's a reminder that Shadow IT has always been a...