MIT AI Risk Repository
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2,500 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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65.21.03a · Additional evidence
Non-technical risks (legal compliance)
Generated content ownership and IP
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65.23.02a · Additional evidence
Non-technical risks (Societal impact)
Impact on education: plagiarism
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65.23.04a · Additional evidence
Non-technical risks (Societal impact)
Impact on affected communities
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65.23.05a · Additional evidence
Non-technical risks (Societal impact)
Impact on education: bypassing learning
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"Damage to core political and economic institutions and the effective delivery of government services caused by the use or misuse of a technology system or set of systems"
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"Harms affecting the functioning of societies, communities and economies caused directly or indirectly by the use or misuse of a technology system or set of systems"
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"An actual or perceived violation or deviation from the established societal values, norms or ethical standards or principles"
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"Damage to the reputation of an individual, group or organisation due to the use of misuse of a technology system or set of systems"
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"The use or misuse of a technology system that leads directly or indirectly to the loss of confidence or trust in either the end user or the developer/deployer."
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"Impairment of the psychological mental health and wellbeing of an individual, group or organisation due to the use of misuse of a technology system or set of systems"
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"Online behaviour such as sexual harassment that makes an individual or group feel alarmed or threatened"
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"Distress, possibly severe and lasting, as a result of use or misuse of a generative system"
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"Damage to the financial interests of an individual or group, or to the strategic, operational, legal or financial interests of a business due to the use of misuse of a technology system or set of systems"
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"Loss of money, income or value due to the use, misuse, or underperformance of a genAI application"
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"Damage, disruption or destruction of a business system and/or its components"
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"Loss of ability to take advantage of a financial or other opportunity, such as education, immigration, employability/securing a job"
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"AI systems leaking, reproducing, generating or inferring sensitive, private, hazardous, or secured information"
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"Use or misuse of a technology system in a manner that compromises fundamental human rights and freedoms"
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"Physical injury to an individual or group, or damage to physical property due to the use of misuse of a technology system or set of systems"
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"Accidental or deliberate loss of life, including suicide, extinction or cessation, due to the use or misuse of a technology system"
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"Physical pain, injury, illness, or disease suffered by an individual or group due to the malfunction, use or misuse of a technology system."
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"Physical deterioration of an individual or animal over time in the form of disease, organ failure, prolonged hospital stay or death, etc"
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"Damage to the environment caused by the use or misuse of a technology system or set of systems"
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67.01.00 · Risk Category
"There is a wide range of potential societal harms arising from the use of AI.152 This has sparked a debate around the ethics of AI, with a wide proliferation of ethical frameworks and principles.153 We focus here on only a few societal harms, but this is not to downplay the importance of others."
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67.02.00a · Additional evidence
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67.02.00b · Additional evidence
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67.02.00c · Additional evidence
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"Frontier AI systems have the potential to accelerate advances in the life sciences, from training new scientists to enabling faster scientific workflows. While these capabilities will have tremendous beneficial applications, there is a risk that they can be used for malicious purposes, such as for the development of biological or chemical weapons."
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"Frontier AI systems have the potential to accelerate advances in the life sciences, from training new scientists to enabling faster scientific workflows. While these capabilities will have tremendous beneficial applications, there is a risk that they can be used for malicious purposes, such as for the development of biological or chemical weapons."
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"Frontier AI systems have the potential to accelerate advances in the life sciences, from training new scientists to enabling faster scientific workflows. While these capabilities will have tremendous beneficial applications, there is a risk that they can be used for malicious purposes, such as for the development of biological or chemical weapons."
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Frequently asked questions
Where do these risk entries come from?
The MIT AI Risk Repository, which extracts risks from dozens of published frameworks, taxonomies and papers and codes each one by domain and subdomain, and by a causal taxonomy of entity, intent and timing. This is a browseable copy, attributed and openly licensed, not original research.
What do entity, intent and timing mean?
They are the causal coding. Entity is whether a human or the AI system is the cause; intent is whether the harm was intentional or not; timing is whether it arises before or after deployment. Together they let you separate misuse from malfunction.
Can I export the results?
Yes, any filtered set exports as CSV or JSON, and every export carries the upstream source, licence and citation with it, because attribution is a condition of the licence rather than a courtesy.
What is the MIT AI Risk Repository?
A living database of AI risks extracted from published frameworks, taxonomies and papers, classified by a causal taxonomy of entity, intent and timing and by a domain taxonomy of seven domains and 24 subdomains. It is published by the MIT AI Risk Initiative under CC BY 4.0.