News Summary

• Two in three office professionals have used AI tools or services at work even though they knew they weren't permitted by company policy.
• More than half (53%) even received informal guidance or feedback telling them to stop, but many still choose to use their preferred AI services over workplace tools.
• Three-quarters (77%) of the workers surveyed said they believe their company's AI restrictions are limiting their professional development, career progression and skills journey.
• There's also a gap emerging between business users and company tech departments – 72% of workers and 77% of senior leaders believe they know AI better than tech teams.
• Most (88%) have shared work-related information with public AI systems like these, 43% have uploaded emails, 40% have shared meeting notes, 34% have even entered customer information and 31% have entered sensitive business documents like finances.