MIT AI Risk Repository · Risk Sub-Category · 50.04.05
Privacy (Types of Sensitive Data)
Category: Legal and Rights-Related Risks
Description
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From AI Risk Categorization Decoded (AIR 2024): From Government Regulations to Corporate Policies (Zeng2024), as extracted by the MIT AI Risk Repository (CC BY 4.0).
Classification
- Domain
- 2. Privacy & Security
- Subdomain
- 2.1 Compromise of privacy by obtaining, leaking or correctly inferring sensitive information
- Causal entity
- Not coded
- Intent
- Not coded
- Timing
- Not coded
Subdomain definition: AI systems that memorize and leak sensitive personal data or infer private information about individuals without their consent. Unexpected or unauthorized sharing of data and information can compromise user expectation of privacy, assist identity theft, or loss of confidential intellectual property.
Real-world incidents in this subdomain
- Meta AI Smart Glasses Reportedly Routed Intimate Imagery to Reviewers at Kenyan Contractor Sama Before Meta Ended Contract
- Grok Reportedly Disclosed Adult Performer Siri Dahl's Legal Name and Birthdate, Allegedly Contributing to Doxxing and Harassment
- NPR Host David Greene Alleged Google's NotebookLM Replicated His Voice Without Consent, Prompting Lawsuit
- Border Patrol Agent Allegedly Claimed Facial Recognition Identified Minneapolis ICE Observer and Global Entry Was Reportedly Revoked Three Days Later
- Perplexity AI Reportedly Accused in Federal Lawsuit of Purported Copyright Infringement and False Attribution of Chicago Tribune Content
- Secret Desires AI Platform Reportedly Exposed Nearly Two Million Sensitive Images in Cloud Storage Leak
How other frameworks describe this risk
Other entries from Zeng2024
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- Security risks (confidentiality)
- Security risks (confidentiality)
- Security risks (integrity)
- Security risks (integrity)
- Security risks (availability)
- Security risks (availability)
- Operational misuses (Automated decision-making)
- Operational misuses (Automated decision-making)
- Operational misuses (Autonomous unsafe operation of systems)
- Operational misuses (Autonomous unsafe operation of systems)
- Operational misuses (Advice in heavily regulated industries)