In an exposé more scintillating than your cousin’s bingo night, it appears that employees across the US and UK are clandestinely using generative AI tools developed in China. Who knew that cheeseburgers and fish & chips would unite under the banner of data indiscretion?

According to a Harmonic Security study, the same firms that decorate their lobbies with ‘Data Privacy First’ signs have been unwittingly sharing sensitive business data with Chinese AI platforms. Because ‘Best Practices’ are often more ‘Best’ in theory than in practice, right?

While security teams are all hands on deck working on their next PowerPoint presentation, employees are happily uploading sensitive info to these tools like it’s a Pinterest board of their most embarrassing business secrets. The question remains: Is this a futuristic espionage tactic, or just the latest example of the corporate world ignoring its own IT policies because, let’s face it, they only read the headlines anyway?