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Want a new AI tool? How to ask, and what we check

New AI apps appear every week. Here's how to request one, and why we check it before you connect it to work data.

New AI tools, plug-ins and browser extensions appear every week, and many are genuinely useful. Before one touches work information, we check it's safe, because some keep, share or train on what you give them.

How to ask

Email support@deepnet.com with:

  • The tool's name and website
  • What you'd use it for
  • What information it would see, such as documents, email, calendar or client data
  • Whether it would connect to Microsoft 365 or another work system

What we check

  1. Where your data goes, and whether it's used to train the tool's AI
  2. What it can access, and whether it can take actions, such as sending email for you
  3. Whether an approved tool already does the job. Claude and Copilot often can.

Until it's approved

  • Don't sign up with your work email or sign in with your work account.
  • Don't install browser extensions or connect it to email, calendar or files.
  • Only use public information if you're trying it out.

We'll come back to you with a yes, a no, or a safer alternative.

More detail

NIST: Generative AI profile (AI 600-1)
Last checked against these sources:
November 11, 2026

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