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6 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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6 entries

  1. 46.01.01 · Risk Sub-Category

    Personal Loss and Identity Theft

    Deception - Synthetic identities

    "GenAI can produce images of people that look very real, as if they could be seen on platforms like Facebook, Twitter, or Tinder. Although these individuals do not exist in reality, these synthetic identities are already being used in malicious activities (see Table 1D)."

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

  2. 46.01.02 · Risk Sub-Category

    Personal Loss and Identity Theft

    Propaganda - Digital impersonations

    "AI-generated impersonation for identity theft might be found at the intersection of “Harm to the Person” and “Deception.”"

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

  3. 46.01.03 · Risk Sub-Category

    Personal Loss and Identity Theft

    Dishonesty - Targeted harassment

    "LLMs can be deployed to target individuals online, sending them personalized and harmful messages at scale"

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

  4. "Then, we have the potential for financial loss, fraud, market manipulation, and other economic harms, which fall under “Financial and Economic Damage.”

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

  5. 46.02.01 · Risk Sub-Category

    Financial and Economic Damage

    Deception - Bespoke ransom

  6. 46.02.03 · Risk Sub-Category

    Financial and Economic Damage

    Dishonesty - Market manipulation

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