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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Name: MIT AI Risk Repository: AI Risk Database (browseable copy)
Creator: MIT AI Risk Initiative
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8 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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46.02.02 · Risk Sub-Category

Financial and Economic Damage

Propaganda - Extremist schemes

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From GenAI against humanity: nefarious applications of generative artificial intelligence and large language models (Ferrara2023)

Domain 4 4.1 Other Intentional Post-deployment
46.03.00 · Risk Category

Information Manipulation

"The distortion of the information ecosystem, including the spread of misinformation, fake news, and other forms of deceptive content [28], is categorized as “Information Manipulation.”"

From GenAI against humanity: nefarious applications of generative artificial intelligence and large language models (Ferrara2023)

Domain 4 4.1 Other Intentional Post-deployment
46.03.01 · Risk Sub-Category

Information Manipulation

Deception - Information control

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From GenAI against humanity: nefarious applications of generative artificial intelligence and large language models (Ferrara2023)

Domain 4 4.1 Other Intentional Other
46.03.02 · Risk Sub-Category

Information Manipulation

Propaganda - Influence campaigns

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From GenAI against humanity: nefarious applications of generative artificial intelligence and large language models (Ferrara2023)

Domain 4 4.1 AI Intentional Post-deployment
46.03.03 · Risk Sub-Category

Information Manipulation

Dishonesty - Information disorder

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From GenAI against humanity: nefarious applications of generative artificial intelligence and large language models (Ferrara2023)

Domain 4 4.1 Human Intentional Post-deployment
46.04.00 · Risk Category

Socio-technical and Infrastructural

"Lastly, broader harms that can impact communities, societal structures, and critical infrastructures, including threats to democratic processes, social cohesion, and technological systems, are captured under “Societal, Socio-technical, and Infrastructural Damage.”"

From GenAI against humanity: nefarious applications of generative artificial intelligence and large language models (Ferrara2023)

Domain 4 4.1 Other Intentional Post-deployment
46.04.02 · Risk Sub-Category

Socio-technical and Infrastructural

Propaganda - Synthetic realities

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From GenAI against humanity: nefarious applications of generative artificial intelligence and large language models (Ferrara2023)

Domain 4 4.1 Other Intentional Post-deployment
46.04.03 · Risk Sub-Category

Socio-technical and Infrastructural

Dishonesty - Targeted surveillance

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From GenAI against humanity: nefarious applications of generative artificial intelligence and large language models (Ferrara2023)

Domain 4 4.1 Other Intentional Post-deployment

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