Rise of ‘Shadow AI’ in the Workplace Creates Hidden Security and Compliance Risks

Rise of ‘Shadow AI’ in the Workplace Creates Hidden Security and Compliance Risks

Article by Amritesh Anand, Vice President & MD – Technology Services Group at In2IT Technologies Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) has quickly evolved from a novelty to a regular tool in the workplace. It helps with tasks like drafting emails, summarising documents, coding, and data analysis. AI-powered platforms are changing how people work. As more employees…

Five9 Creates Unified Growth Role, Names Jay Lee CMO

Five9 Creates Unified Growth Role, Names Jay Lee CMO

The Gist Leadership appointment. Jay Lee named chief marketing and growth officer at Five9. Role unification. New position combines global marketing, revenue strategy and operations. CX innovation focus. Enterprise customers may see more cohesive AI-driven customer experience offerings. Five9 wants tighter alignment between marketing and revenue operations will sharpen its AI-powered customer experience push. The…

Pencil AI Design Tool Creates Editable UI Layouts with Style Guides

Pencil AI Design Tool Creates Editable UI Layouts with Style Guides

DesignCourse explores how Pencil.dev addresses the challenges of creating visually engaging yet functional layouts, often referred to as “vibe designed” layouts. By using AI-driven features like real-time layout generation and adherence to style guides, Pencil AI offers a structured approach to tackling repetitive design patterns. For example, its ability to integrate pre-built design components ensures…

When AI Efficiency Creates Compliance Risk: Managing the Content Explosion in Financial Services

When AI Efficiency Creates Compliance Risk: Managing the Content Explosion in Financial Services

By Jamie Hoyle, VP of Product, Mirrorweb Financial advisors are using AI tools to draft client communications, create presentations, and summarize research. Portfolio managers are generating more detailed analysis in less time. This wave of AI adoption in financial services creates real value – faster response times, more thorough documentation, better client service. The operational…

COSO creates audit-ready guidance for governing generative AI

COSO creates audit-ready guidance for governing generative AI

Companies looking to manage risks related to generative artificial intelligence (AI) can now turn to guidance built on a widely used framework of internal controls. The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) published guidance that relies on COSO’s proven Internal Control–Integrated Framework (ICIF). The AICPA is one of COSO’s five supporting organizations. The…

Report: Increase Usage of Generative AI Services Creates Cybersecurity Challenge

Report: Increase Usage of Generative AI Services Creates Cybersecurity Challenge

An analysis of data collected by Netskope published today finds the number of individuals accessing generative artificial intelligence (AI) applications via a cloud service increased threefold in the past year, with the number of prompts sent increasing sixfold, from 3,000 per month on average to 18,000. A third of organizations (33%) are using OpenAI services…