A municipal dog-license tester pastes tonight’s defect notes into a personal chatbot on a home laptop because the shop has not approved any GenAI tool. What term describes using GenAI without formal approval or oversight?
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Short Explanation
Think of shadow AI like running an unlicensed food truck behind City Hall — the kitchen might work, but nobody signed off. Pasting defect notes into a personal chatbot without shop approval is exactly that. The label is about missing approval and oversight, not about a prompting trick.
Full Explanation
Shadow AI is the use of generative AI tools without formal organizational approval or oversight. In a test shop, that often looks like pasting defects, logs, or requirements into a personal assistant on an unmanaged device. Related syllabus ideas such as prompt injection, fine-tuning, or retrieval-augmented generation address different concerns. Recognizing shadow AI helps the organization steer testers toward an approved strategy and deployment path.