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  1. 61.02.22 · Risk Sub-Category

    Sources of systemic risks from general-purpose AI

    Dual-use nature

    "AI’s potential for both beneficial and harmful applications complicates efforts to manage its societal impacts effectively."

    From A Taxonomy of Systemic Risks from General-Purpose AI (Uuk2025)

  2. "Large-scale influence on communication and information systems, and epistemic processes more generally."

    From A Taxonomy of Systemic Risks from General-Purpose AI (Uuk2025)

  3. 61.02.03 · Risk Sub-Category

    Sources of systemic risks from general-purpose AI

    Ability to persuade

    "AI could be used to develop sophisticated tools to manipulate and persuade individuals."

    From A Taxonomy of Systemic Risks from General-Purpose AI (Uuk2025)

  4. 61.02.04 · Risk Sub-Category

    Sources of systemic risks from general-purpose AI

    Advertising-driven models

    "AI models and systems underpin the advertising approaches that drive much of the internet, potentially influencing societal behavior."

    From A Taxonomy of Systemic Risks from General-Purpose AI (Uuk2025)

  5. 61.02.05 · Risk Sub-Category

    Sources of systemic risks from general-purpose AI

    AI in totalitarian regimes

    "AI-based surveillance and manipulation could be used to maintain global totalitarian regimes."

    From A Taxonomy of Systemic Risks from General-Purpose AI (Uuk2025)

  6. 61.02.34 · Risk Sub-Category

    Sources of systemic risks from general-purpose AI

    Limitations in model generative accuracy

    "AI-generated deepfakes can create convincingly realistic but entirely fabricated information."

    From A Taxonomy of Systemic Risks from General-Purpose AI (Uuk2025)

  7. 61.02.43 · Risk Sub-Category

    Sources of systemic risks from general-purpose AI

    Surveillance capabilities

    "AI models and systems may grant governments or corporations increased monitoring over individuals."

    From A Taxonomy of Systemic Risks from General-Purpose AI (Uuk2025)

  8. 61.02.49 · Risk Sub-Category

    Sources of systemic risks from general-purpose AI

    Widespread use of persuasion tools

    "Widespread use of AI-powered persuasion tools could lead to systemic harm"

    From A Taxonomy of Systemic Risks from General-Purpose AI (Uuk2025)

  9. "The dangers of AI amplifying the effectiveness/failures of nuclear, chemical, biological, and radiological weapons."

    From A Taxonomy of Systemic Risks from General-Purpose AI (Uuk2025)

  10. 61.02.02 · Risk Sub-Category

    Sources of systemic risks from general-purpose AI

    Ability to enhance and modify pathogens

    "AI can be used to enhance pathogens, making them more lethal or resistant to treatments."

    From A Taxonomy of Systemic Risks from General-Purpose AI (Uuk2025)

  11. 61.02.44 · Risk Sub-Category

    Sources of systemic risks from general-purpose AI

    Terrorist access

    "Powerful AI technologies may fall into the hands of terrorists."

    From A Taxonomy of Systemic Risks from General-Purpose AI (Uuk2025)

  12. 61.02.48 · Risk Sub-Category

    Sources of systemic risks from general-purpose AI

    Weaponization capabilities

    "AI capabilities that could be deliberately weaponized for destructive purposes."

    From A Taxonomy of Systemic Risks from General-Purpose AI (Uuk2025)

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