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Shadow AI on Apple: what the EU AI Act means for your Mac and mobile fleet

Where AI really runs on Apple devices, which controls work, and what evidence the EU AI Act expects. A governance model for Mac and mobile.

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AI & Quantum SecurityMobile SecurityGovernance, Riskmanagement and ComplianceLegislation, standards, regulationsEndpoint Protection

When & Where

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Tue, 10/27/2026 03:00 PM - 03:15 PM

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Forum E, Booth 9-105

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Details

  • Format:

    Management lecture

  • Language:

    English

Session description

Speaker: Adam Boynton 

AI adoption inside organisations has outpaced the ability to govern it. Employees reach for AI assistants in the browser, in native apps, and increasingly in features built directly into the operating system. Security and compliance teams are left approving policies they cannot enforce and answering questions they cannot evidence.

Apple platforms make this concrete. On Mac, AI activity spans browsers, local apps, developer tooling and Apple Intelligence. On iPhone and iPad, the same activity happens with far less visibility, and mobile is where most governance models quietly stop.

This session takes a practical view. We look at where AI actually runs on Apple devices, which controls exist at the platform layer and where they fall short, and ...