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shadow ai

/ˈʃædoʊ ˌeɪˈaɪ/ - n.

1 [colloq.] The actual deployment, running one floor below the AI strategy describing it.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. Models or assistants adopted by teams outside any inventory, review, or governance process.

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See also

ai governanceTerm struck pending the decision rights, review cadence, and accountability for training data and outcomes it presumes someone already assigned.
ai policyA document that prohibits the thing three teams shipped last quarter, dated next quarter.
ai strategyTerm struck pending the definition of quality, ownership, lineage, and decision rights it depends on.
model registryA list of every model in production except the three a team is quietly running from a notebook.