Key takeaways

A special Akamai State of the Internet (SOTI) Security report reveals how rapid enterprise AI adoption expands threat surfaces with new risks that legacy tools cannot detect.

Nearly half of workplace AI conversations use personal accounts, creating visibility gaps and exposing data to public model training.

Nearly 75% of AI browser extensions request high or critical permissions, introducing vulnerabilities like API key theft through extension exploits.

Autonomous AI agents and prompt injection attacks like CometJacking let threat actors perform unauthorized actions without human oversight.

Security leaders must implement targeted AI governance over identities, extensions, and data flows to balance productivity with risk mitigation.

Enterprises are all in on AI. Although the use of artificial intelligence (AI) was once viewed with caution, it is now becoming a mandate for most enterprises.…