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SECSEC-001 — Model Security Vulnerabilities

AI Personalised Advertising Exploits Consumer Biases in Retail

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

Executive Summary

General-purpose AI systems target individual psychological vulnerabilities to drive purchases consumers later regret. Regulators are scrutinising this practice for consumer protection violations, exposing retailers to enforcement action and reputational damage.

Domain

Security & Privacy

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

Source

MIT AI Risk Repository — Risk Sources and Risk Management Measures in Support of Standards for General-Purpose AI Systems (Gipiškis2024) ↗

https://airisk.mit.edu/

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