Roughly 80% of organizations describe 'shadow AI' use as moderate to pervasive.

Publisher	Optro
Report	The AI oversight gap: Adoption is scaling. Governance controls aren’t
Published	17 March 2026
Topics	Shadow AI

Published by Optro in The AI oversight gap: Adoption is scaling. Governance controls aren’t, 17 March 2026. The figure is taken from the report as published; the full methodology is in the source.

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12 sources answer what share of organisations have an ai governance policy in place. They report between 18% and 44%, with a median of 36.5%.

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