Gartner predicts: More than 40% of artificial intelligence data leaks in 2027 are caused by generative AI misuse

Gartner recently released an analysis report, predicting that by 2027, more than 40% of artificial intelligence-related data leaks will be caused by misuse of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI).

With the rapid development of GenAI technology, data security and governance issues are urgently highlighted, especially in the context of data localization, this challenge is becoming increasingly severe.

Joerg Fritsch, Gartner vice president analyst, pointed out that companies lack sufficient supervision when integrating GenAI tools, which can easily lead to data-sensitive cross-border transmission. When using GenAI tools, if you enter sensitive prompts and the tools and APIs are hosted in unknown locations, there may be employee safety risks.

In addition, the lack of consistent best practices and data governance standards in the world has led to market fragmentation, and companies need to develop different strategies for different regions, which affects the ability to effectively utilize AI products and services globally.

Gartner predicts that by 2027, the world will generally require AI governance, especially under the framework of the most important AI timely laws and regulations. Organizations that fail to integrate the necessary governance model will face competitive disadvantages.