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SECSEC-001 — Model Security Vulnerabilities

General-Purpose AI Weaponisation Risk in Defence Contexts

4/5Sector: DefenceGeography: GlobalStage: OperateIngested: —

Executive Summary

General-purpose AI systems carry inherent capabilities that state and non-state actors can deliberately repurpose for destructive ends. Boards in the defence sector face immediate obligations to assess dual-use exposure and engage regulators before capabilities outpace governance frameworks.

Domain

Security & Privacy

Blindspots in model security, data poisoning, privacy leakage, infrastructure, model theft, and incident response.

Source

MIT AI Risk Repository — A Taxonomy of Systemic Risks from General-Purpose AI (Uuk2025) ↗

https://airisk.mit.edu/

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