Employees race to build custom AI apps despite security risks The latest Netskope findings show a 50% increase in GenAI platform usage among enterprise end-users, driven by growing employee demand for tools to develop custom AI applications and agents. Top LLM interfaces by percentage in organizations (source: Netskope) Despite an ongoing shift toward safe enablement of SaaS GenAI apps and AI agents, the growth of shadow AI, unsanctioned AI applications in use by employees, continues to compound potential security risks, with over 50% of all current app adoption estimated to be shadow AI. The rise of GenAI platforms GenAI platforms, which are foundational infrastructure tools that enable organizations to build custom AI apps and AI agents, represent the fastest growing category of shadow…