MIT AI Risk Repository
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39 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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69.06.02 · Risk Sub-Category
Toxic and disrespectful content
Discriminatory and exclusionary language
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69.07.00 · Risk Category
"The chatbot gives information that, while not obviously false or harmful, could lead to biased decision-making."
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69.03.00 · Risk Category
"The chatbot shares information that can be used to do something dangerous or illegal."
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69.06.00 · Risk Category
"The chatbot verbally attacks or undermines an individual, group, or organization. 7."
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69.06.03 · Risk Sub-Category
Toxic and disrespectful content
Subversive or aggressive political opinions
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69.10.00 · Risk Category
"The chatbot participates in morally or socially objectionable conversational activities with its user that could be emotionally damaging to its user or third parties."
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"The chatbot reveals sensitive or confidential information."
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Negative outcomes: "Violation of privacy [106, 516, 357], lawsuit against maker"
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"Access to sensitive company data [473]"
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69.01.00 · Risk Category
"The chatbot outputs information that contradicts known facts, authoritative sources, or provided source documents (also known as hallucination)."
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69.08.00 · Risk Category
"The chatbot poses as a human or attempts to fill a role in a way that fails to match human expectations."
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69.09.00 · Risk Category
"The chatbot elicits emotional or social dependence."
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69.02.00 · Risk Category
"The chatbot makes a deal, commitment, or other consequential action with its output that the deployer did not intend."
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69.04.00 · Risk Category
"The chatbot gives guidance that ranges from simply unhelpful to harmful if acted on."
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69.04.03 · Risk Sub-Category
Bad advice/failure to generate helpful content
Bad links and references
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"Moderator and support burden [413, 748] Misled and confused users [464, 413, 750, 748] Loss of credibility and associated money loss to deployer [467] Wasted time [413, 748]"
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"User lost job/credibility [615] User fined [541] Affected by malware [731] Threat of penalties [623, 709]"
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"Money loss to user [639] Lawsuit against deployer [639] Consequences from (unintentional) illegal activities [714]"
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"Poor grades for students [538] Lawsuit against maker [507] Defamation against third party [313, 506, 712, 507, 548] Penalties for violating the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) [678]"
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"(Increasingly) Misinformed public [719, 470, 734, 742, 750]"
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69.02.00a · Additional evidence
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69.03.00a · Additional evidence
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69.07.00a · Additional evidence
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69.08.00a · Additional evidence
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69.10.00a · Additional evidence
"The chatbot participates in morally or socially objectionable conversational activities with its user that could be emotionally damaging to its user or third parties."
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