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Zyxel, a subsidiary of Unizyx, highlights rising cybersecurity and compliance risks from employees' unauthorized use of generative AI tools ('shadow AI') in Taiwan. With 44% of employees reportedly using AI without company approval, Zyxel and startup Lingji Technology launched AI security solutions to help businesses manage and mitigate these potential hazards.[AI generated]
Why's our monitor labelling this an incident or hazard?
The event involves AI systems (generative AI tools and AI-powered cybersecurity solutions) and discusses the potential security risks (data leakage, vulnerabilities, compliance risks) from unmanaged AI use, which could plausibly lead to harm. However, no actual harm or incident has been reported; the article mainly presents a hazard scenario and a mitigation solution. Therefore, this qualifies as an AI Hazard because it concerns plausible future harm from AI use and the measures to prevent it, rather than an AI Incident or Complementary Information about a past incident.[AI generated]