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The ai search AI tools the Shadow AI List tracks, ranked by the AI Exposure Index: how likely each is to be in use, weighted by data risk. 21 tracked in this category. Each links to its profile with detection domains and risk detail.
Scoring from the open Shadow AI List methodology. Higher exposure = more likely in use; higher risk = more concern.
| # | Tool | Exposure | Risk | Enterprise use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Perplexity perplexity.ai | 54 | 55 · Moderate | high |
| 2 | DuckDuckGo duckduckgo.com | 43 | 48 · Moderate | low |
| 3 | You.com you.com | 42 | 53 · Moderate | low |
| 4 | Brave brave.com | 41 | 50 · Moderate | low |
| 5 | Allen Institute for AI semanticscholar.org | 40 | 49 · Moderate | low |
| 6 | Elicit elicit.org | 36 | 55 · Moderate | medium |
| 7 | Rayyan rayyan.ai | 35 | 52 · Moderate | medium |
| 8 | Gummysearch gummysearch.com | 33 | 74 · High | - |
| 9 | Archivarix Tube Search — Find Deleted YouTube Videos tube.archivarix.net | 32 | 65 · High | - |
| 10 | Wolfram|Alpha: Computational Intelligence wolframalpha.com | 27 | 35 · Low | - |
| 11 | Komo komo.ai | 25 | 74 · High | low |
| 12 | Explainpaper explainpaper.com | 24 | 67 · High | low |
| 13 | SciSpace scispace.com | 24 | 65 · High | low |
| 14 | Felo felo.ai | 23 | 60 · High | low |
| 15 | Devv devv.ai | 21 | 50 · Moderate | low |
| 16 | Andi andisearch.com | 21 | 45 · Moderate | low |
| 17 | Consensus consensus.app | 21 | 45 · Moderate | low |
| 18 | Elicit elicit.com | 21 | 45 · Moderate | low |
| 19 | Exa exa.ai | 21 | 45 · Moderate | low |
| 20 | Scite scite.ai | 20 | 42 · Moderate | low |
| 21 | Kagi kagi.com | 20 | 40 · Moderate | low |