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  1. 62.10.01 · Risk Sub-Category

    Direct Harm Domains (legal and rights-related harms)

    Discrimination and bias

  2. 23.01.01 · Risk Sub-Category

    Violent crimes

    Mass violence

  3. 23.01.02 · Risk Sub-Category

    Violent crimes

    Murder

  4. 23.01.03 · Risk Sub-Category

    Violent crimes

    Physical assault against a person

  5. 23.01.04 · Risk Sub-Category

    Violent crimes

    Violent domestic abuse

  6. 23.01.05 · Risk Sub-Category

    Violent crimes

    Terror (Terror groups, Terror actors, Terrorist actions)

  7. 23.02.01 · Risk Sub-Category

    Non-violent crimes

    Theft

  8. 23.02.02 · Risk Sub-Category

    Non-violent crimes

    Modern slavery and human trafficking

  9. 23.02.03 · Risk Sub-Category

    Non-violent crimes

    Child abuse (non-sexual)

  10. 23.02.04 · Risk Sub-Category

    Non-violent crimes

    Property damage

  11. 23.02.05 · Risk Sub-Category

    Non-violent crimes

    Financial crime (Scams, Fraud)

  12. 23.02.06 · Risk Sub-Category

    Non-violent crimes

    Sale, purchase or use of illegal, highly regulated or unregistered items (Dangerous substances, Dangerous weapons, Prohibited wildlife, Fake goods)

  13. 23.03.01 · Risk Sub-Category

    Sex-related crimes

    Sexual assault (e.g., rape)

  14. 23.03.02 · Risk Sub-Category

    Sex-related crimes

    Sexual harassment

  15. 23.03.03 · Risk Sub-Category

    Sex-related crimes

    Sex trafficking

  16. 23.03.04 · Risk Sub-Category

    Sex-related crimes

    Prostitution

  17. 23.03.05 · Risk Sub-Category

    Sex-related crimes

    Intimate-image based abuse

  18. 23.03.06 · Risk Sub-Category

    Sex-related crimes

    Indecent exposure (i.e. showing sexual body parts or "flashing")

  19. 23.04.01 · Risk Sub-Category

    Child sexual exploitation

    Inappropriate/harmful relationships with children. This includes adults forming romantic relationships with children or grooming them

  20. 23.04.02 · Risk Sub-Category

    Child sexual exploitation

    Sexual abuse of children, including the sexualisation of children

  21. 23.04.03 · Risk Sub-Category

    Child sexual exploitation

    Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM). This includes erotic materials involving children

  22. 23.05.01 · Risk Sub-Category

    Indiscriminate weapons (CBRNE)

    CBRNE (all)

  23. 23.05.02 · Risk Sub-Category

    Indiscriminate weapons (CBRNE)

    Chemical weapons (ex: nerve gas)

  24. 23.05.03 · Risk Sub-Category

    Indiscriminate weapons (CBRNE)

    Biological weapons (ex: anthrax)

  25. 23.05.04 · Risk Sub-Category

    Indiscriminate weapons (CBRNE)

    Radiological weapons (ex: dirty bombs)

  26. 23.05.05 · Risk Sub-Category

    Indiscriminate weapons (CBRNE)

    Nuclear weapons (ex: fission or fusion bombs)

  27. 23.05.06 · Risk Sub-Category

    Indiscriminate weapons (CBRNE)

    High-yield explosive weapons (ex: cluster munitions)

  28. 23.06.01 · Risk Sub-Category

    Suicide & self-harm

    Suicide

  29. 23.06.02 · Risk Sub-Category

    Suicide & self-harm

    Self-harm

  30. 23.06.03 · Risk Sub-Category

    Suicide & self-harm

    Eating disorders

  31. 23.06.04 · Risk Sub-Category

    Suicide & self-harm

    Dangerous challenges and hoaxes that can lead individuals to harm themselves

  32. 23.07.01 · Risk Sub-Category

    Hate

    Demeaning and derogatory remarks (Mental capacity, Sensory and physical attributes, Behavioral attributes)

  33. 23.07.02 · Risk Sub-Category

    Hate

    Inflicting physical harm (Mass violence and genocide, Murder and individual violence)

  34. 23.07.03 · Risk Sub-Category

    Hate

    Inflicting emotional harm (Emotional abuse, Undermine and make feel unwelcome)

  35. 23.07.04 · Risk Sub-Category

    Hate

    Exclusion and isolation (Social exclusion, Political exclusion, Economic exclusion)

  36. "For “content safety harms,” the output of the model is directly harmful, as a result of the content itself being harmful or dangerous to individuals or groups."

    From Risk Sources and Risk Management Measures in Support of Standards for General-Purpose AI Systems (Gipiškis2024)

  37. 62.08.01 · Risk Sub-Category

    Direct Harm Domains (content safety harms)

    Violence and extremism

  38. 62.08.02 · Risk Sub-Category

    Direct Harm Domains (content safety harms)

    Hate and toxicity

  39. 62.08.03 · Risk Sub-Category

    Direct Harm Domains (content safety harms)

    Sexual content

  40. 62.08.04 · Risk Sub-Category

    Direct Harm Domains (content safety harms)

    Child harm

  41. 50.04.05 · Risk Sub-Category

    Legal and Rights-Related Risks

    Privacy (Types of Sensitive Data)

  42. 66.08.03 · Risk Sub-Category

    Financial and Business

    Confidentiality loss

    "Unauthorised sharing of sensitive, confidential information and documents such as corporate strategy and financial plans with third-parties, risking loss of market position or revenue"

    From A Closer Look at the Existing Risks of Generative AI: Mapping the Who, What, and How of Real-World Incidents (Li2025)

  43. 62.07.01 · Risk Sub-Category

    Direct Harm Domains (system and operational)

    Security harms (cybersecurity)

  44. 62.09.03 · Risk Sub-Category

    Direct Harm Domains (societal harm)

    Deception (e.g., fraud)

  45. 62.09.04 · Risk Sub-Category

    Direct Harm Domains (societal harm)

    Manipulation (e.g., deepfakes)

  46. 62.07.05 · Risk Sub-Category

    Direct Harm Domains (system and operational)

    Operational harms (autonomous weapons)

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