GOVGOV-001 — Accountability Framework Gaps
Pre-Deployment Design Errors Producing Misaligned AI Behaviour
3/5Sector: OtherGeography: GlobalStage: DevelopIngested: —
Executive Summary
Flaws introduced during AI development, including misspecified goals, code defects, and misweighted objectives, can produce systems that act against human values or safety. Boards face liability and regulatory exposure if pre-deployment verification processes fail to detect such errors before operational release.
Domain
Governance & Compliance
Blindspots in accountability, regulatory compliance, ethics, risk management, data governance, and audit.
Source
MIT AI Risk Repository — Taxonomy of Pathways to Dangerous Artificial Intelligence (Yampolskiy2016) ↗https://airisk.mit.edu/
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