46% say that a key challenge in securing and managing hybrid cloud infrastructure is lack of clean, high-quality data to support secure AI workload deployment (46%).

When asked who should be most responsible for stopping AI-powered fraud, 43% consumers pointed to Big Tech.

72% of consumers are worried about being fooled by manipulated social media content.

54% of Security and IT leaders are reluctant to use AI in public cloud environments, citing fears around intellectual property protection.

75% of consumers are worried about scam emails using AI to trick people into giving away passwords or money.

When asked who they trust most to protect their personal data from AI-powered fraud, 93% of consumers said "themselves."

78% of respondents said they would be willing to spent more time compelting comprehensive identity verification processes in government services.

46% say that a key challenge in securing and managing hybrid cloud infrastructure is lack of clean, high-quality data to support secure AI workload deployment (46%).

76% of respondents said they would be willing to spent more time compelting comprehensive identity verification processes in healthcare.

Among those already using AI to confront FWA, nearly 40% cite better prioritization of fraud alerts and quicker identification of FWA as benefits.

A shortage of talent with edge AI expertise is a challenge for 37%.

There was a 92% decrease in malicious and fake ChatGPT and other generative AI sites between April 2024 and April 2025.

Risk management is planned for 73% of future edge AI implementations.

48% are exploring edge AI specifically to reduce cloud computing costs.

30% of organizations have fully deployed AI at the edge.

73% of respondents report investing in AI-specific security tools, using either new budgets or reallocating existing resources.

This number of blocked requests represented about 12% of all generative AI queries processed by DNSFilter in March.

Slightly over a quarter of those surveyed are using Generative AI (GenAI) for addressing FWA.

Since January 2024, DNSFilter has been processing a monthly average of over 330 million queries that fall under the generative AI category.

78% of respondents believe AI will improve threat intel sharing within their organization.