European AI adoption hits 99% with regulated data driving most policy violations

Generative AI tools are now used in nearly every European workplace, with adoption reaching 99% across organizations, according to the Netskope Threat Labs Report: Europe 2026. The widespread use of AI in daily tasks involving customer records, financial data, and proprietary code has led to regulated data being the primary driver of policy violations. The report highlights a measurable pattern of data exposure risks tied to the integration of these tools into transcription, writing, coding, and search functions.

Generative AI tools operate inside nearly every European workplace, embedded in meeting transcription services, writing assistants, coding copilots, and search features. Workers in the region pull these tools into daily routines that involve customer records, financial information, and proprietary code, and that volume of activity has produced a measurable pattern in where data exposure occurs. The Netskope Threat Labs Report: Europe 2026 documents this pattern across organizations in Europe over the past year. Source: Netskope … More https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/05/27/netskope-european-ai-adoption-risks/ The post European AI adoption hits 99% with regulated data driving most policy violations https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/05/27/netskope-european-ai-adoption-risks/ appeared first on Help Net Security https://www.helpnetsecurity.com .