What is the MIT AI Risk Repository?

A living database of AI risks extracted from 74 frameworks, taxonomies and papers, classified by a causal taxonomy (entity, intent, timing) and a domain taxonomy (7 domains, 24 subdomains). Published by the MIT AI Risk Initiative under CC BY 4.0.

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MIT AI Risk Repository

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4 risk entries extracted from 74 frameworks, coded by domain, subdomain, causal entity, intent and timing. Filter, then export the current selection with its licence and citation attached.

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58.07.06 · Risk Sub-Category

Societal and Cultural

Historical revisionism

"Historical revisionism - Deliberate or unintentional reinterpretation of established/orthodox historical events or accounts held by societies, communities, academics."

From A Collaborative, Human-Centred Taxonomy of AI, Algorithmic, and Automation Harms (Abercrombie2024)

Domain 3 3.0 Other Other Other
58.03.08 · Risk Sub-Category

Psychological

Radicalisation

"Radicalisation - Adoption of extreme political, social, or religious ideals and aspirations due to the nature or misuse of an algorithmic system, potentially resulting in abuse, violence, or terrorism."

From A Collaborative, Human-Centred Taxonomy of AI, Algorithmic, and Automation Harms (Abercrombie2024)

Domain 3 3.2 Other Other Post-deployment
58.07.07 · Risk Sub-Category

Societal and Cultural

Information degradation

"Information degradation - Creation or spread of false, hallucinatory, low-quality, misleading, or inaccurate information that degrades the information ecosystem and causes people to develop false or inaccurate perceptions, decisions and beliefs; or to lose trust in accurate information."

From A Collaborative, Human-Centred Taxonomy of AI, Algorithmic, and Automation Harms (Abercrombie2024)

Domain 3 3.2 AI Other Post-deployment
58.08.05 · Risk Sub-Category

Political and Economic

Institutional trust loss

"Institutional trust loss - Erosion of trust in public institutions and weakened checks and balances due to mis/disinformation, influence operations, over-dependence on technology, etc."

From A Collaborative, Human-Centred Taxonomy of AI, Algorithmic, and Automation Harms (Abercrombie2024)

Domain 3 3.2 Other Other Post-deployment

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