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SECSEC-004 — Infrastructure Security Gaps

AI-Enabled Mass Persuasion and Social Manipulation at Platform Scale

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

Executive Summary

Frontier AI systems can generate deepfakes and synthetic disinformation, then exploit large digital platforms to target and amplify misleading content at population scale. Boards face regulatory exposure and reputational liability where their products or infrastructure are implicated in coordinated manipulation campaigns.

Domain

Security & Privacy

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

Source

MIT AI Risk Repository — Frontier AI Risk Management Framework (v1.0) (Tse2025) ↗

https://airisk.mit.edu/

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