MIT AI Risk Repository · Risk Sub-Category · 62.19.12

Misuse of AI model by user-performed persuasion

Category: Attacks on GPAIs/GPAI Failure Modes

Description

"AI models can be influenced to accept misinformation through persuasive conversations, even when their initial responses are factually correct. Multi-turn persuasion can be more effective than single-turn persuasion attempts in altering the model’s stance [223]."

From Risk Sources and Risk Management Measures in Support of Standards for General-Purpose AI Systems (Gipiškis2024), as extracted by the MIT AI Risk Repository (CC BY 4.0).

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Human

Subdomain definition: Vulnerabilities in AI systems, software development toolchains, and hardware that can be exploited, resulting in unauthorized access, data and privacy breaches, or system manipulation causing unsafe outputs or behavior.

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