OPSOPS-001 — Monitoring and Alerting Inadequacies
AI Systems Cause Societal Harm at Scale Beyond Intended Scope
4/5Sector: TechnologyGeography: GlobalStage: OperateIngested: —
Executive Summary
AI tools with limited intended impact can cause widespread harm through copying, modification, or unexpected repurposing beyond creator intent. Boards cannot rely on initial risk assessments alone; governance frameworks must account for post-deployment misuse and emergent scale.
Domain
Operational Management
Blindspots in monitoring, incident response, performance, scalability, integration, and business continuity.
Source
MIT AI Risk Repository — TASRA: a Taxonomy and Analysis of Societal-Scale Risks from AI (Critch2023) ↗https://airisk.mit.edu/
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