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SECSEC-001 — Model Security Vulnerabilities

Generative AI Lowers Barrier to Biological Weapons Development

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

Executive Summary

Generative AI systems can supply actionable biosynthesis knowledge to malicious actors previously lacking specialist expertise. Defence and security regulators face urgent pressure to establish content controls before this capability gap widens further.

Domain

Security & Privacy

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

Source

MIT AI Risk Repository — Regulating under Uncertainty: Governance Options for Generative AI (G'sell2024) ↗

https://airisk.mit.edu/

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