13% of employees report negative emotions regarding AI use.

4% of employees report feeling confusion due to AI use.

12% of organizations adopting AI point to model provenance and sourcing risk as an area where they are least prepared to address threats.

Only 63% of employees have received company-advised or mandated training in AI safety and data security.

21% of organizations cite standalone GenAI tools (like ChatGPT, Claude, and image generators such as Midjourney) as their primary Shadow AI concern.

13% of respondents in the US were likely to have an AI mandate from leadership.

57% of respondents say they've been encouraged to use AI in the workplace.

16% of organizations identify AI agents operating with user credentials as a Shadow AI concern.

5% of employees report feeling stress due to AI use.

32% of respondents in the UK and US received explicit encouragement to use AI in the workplace.

2% of employees in financial services reported no training in AI tools.

On average, respondents felt that using AI agents would save them 3.1 hours each work week by assisting with work tasks.

50% of employees in the Global Workforce say they are already using AI agents in their role.

59% of employees felt more creative due to AI use.

34% of non-managers feel encouraged to use AI.

54% of employees in the retail industry have received training on AI safety and data security.

14% of respondents in Germany were likely to have an AI mandate from leadership.

68% of employees who have been in their role for more than fifteen years report using AI.

Exposing vulnerabilities is a top security convergence goal for 40% of German organizations.

Supporting compliance with security policies is a top security convergence goal for 33% of organizations in France.