ConceptWork
BYOAI
Bring Your Own AI — employees pay for AI subscriptions and use them at work without waiting for approval.
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BYOAI is the successor concept to BYOD. Employees pay for individual AI subscriptions (ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot) and use them for work tasks, often outside any policy or governance their employer has defined. It is a sign of organisational lag: the people are already using exponential tools while the company is still discussing whether to adopt them.
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