Most small businesses aren't reviewing their own AI usage properly
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SMBs adopting AI without visibility into tools, users, or spend are recreating the early SaaS shadow IT problem — this time with legal and data-risk attached. Even a lightweight AI register and quarterly review will put you ahead of peers sleepwalking into compliance and cost surprises.
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