The widespread adoption of artificial intelligence and the continuous evolution of digital technologies have been reshaping how individuals interact with automated systems in various contexts, including corporate compliance environments. In this dynamic landscape of innovation, AI-powered whistleblowing platforms have gained prominence as strategic tools to foster organizational ethics and integrity, offering enhanced efficiency, data security, and accessibility in handling misconduct reports. Given the unique characteristics of these platforms and the sensitive nature of the information reported, it becomes crucial to understand the factors that shape the user experience and influence willingness to engage with such tools-often under emotionally charged and high-stakes conditions. This study aims to examine how perceived service quality, user trust in the AI-enabled platform, perceived burden (sacrifice), anxiety, perceived privacy risk, and perceived convenience interact to influence user behavior when utilizing automated whistleblowing channels. A conceptual model was developed to explore the interrelationships among these constructs. The proposed hypotheses were tested through structural equation modeling, based on data collected from individuals who had interacted with AI-driven whistleblowing tools in organizational contexts. Findings indicate that perceived service quality has a positive effect on user trust and contributes to lowering the perceived burden associated with using the platform. Anxiety, by contrast, emerged as a critical barrier, undermining trust, increasing perceived effort, and intensifying concerns about privacy risks. Moreover, trust was found to positively influence perceived convenience, while perceived burden had a negative impact on the same. Notably, perceived privacy risk did not show a statistically significant effect on convenience. These insights offer a deeper understanding of the psychological and experiential factors that enhance-or hinder-the effective adoption of AI-based whistleblowing systems, and provide actionable guidance for the development and refinement of such tools in corporate compliance settings.