DNSFilter today announced that it has established a policy on AI usage and that more organizations are blocking traffic to generate AI tools to reduce the risk of Shadow AI. This is processing more traffic than ever before into AI tools, according to data from the company’s DNS security platform.
As organizations balance productivity and security, they become more mature about which domains their employees can use. They have created internal policies aimed at reducing shadow AI and establishing defined guidelines for the use of generated AI. In some organizations, blocking certain domains is an effective way to set up policies, protect your company, and deploy more control over the tools used.
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DNSFilter provides generation AI categories that allow organizations to easily block and filter these domains. In March, the company blocked generation AI requests of over 60 million people, accounting for around 12% of all such queries.
In a recent traffic analysis, DNSFilter researchers also discovered:
Generated AI queries are increasing January 2024DNSFilter handles monthly averages of over 330 million queries that fall into this category. Certain sites are more likely to be blocked by your organization. The concept was the most blocked of all generated AI queries in March, accounting for 93% of all blocked generated AI queries. Bad actors are shifting the use of malicious generation AI domains: Malicious ChatGPT and other generation AI sites have been reduced by 92% April 2024 and April 2025. However, the number of malicious sites with the name “Openai” has increased, resulting in a 2,000% increase. April 2024 and April 2025.
With the aim of reducing Shadow It, organizations tend to block unapproved generation AI tools and only allow things that make sense to the organization. Otherwise, employees carry out the risk of using “open” generation AI tools without monitoring.
It helps to block malicious threats using protected DNS, but it can also be used as part of your organization’s policy or strategy for using employee-generated AI.
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Ken Carnesi“We’ve seen a lot of effort into making our customers more comfortable,” said DNSFilter, CEO and co-founder. “Companies know the benefits that generate AI offers, but they also know the potential risks of cybersecurity risks. More organizations are actively choosing which tools to block and which tools to allow, allowing, allowing them, and at the same time, they can increase productivity.”
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