SECSEC-004 — Infrastructure Security Gaps
AI assistants weaponised to deliver personalised disinformation at scale
4/5Sector: DefenceGeography: GlobalStage: OperateIngested: —
Executive Summary
Malicious actors can exploit AI assistants to conduct personalised, high-volume disinformation campaigns that gradually shift public opinion through repeated exposure. Defence and national security bodies face acute reputational and operational risk as democratic institutions become targets of AI-enabled influence operations.
Domain
Security & Privacy
Blindspots in model security, data poisoning, privacy leakage, infrastructure, model theft, and incident response.
Source
MIT AI Risk Repository — The Ethics of Advanced AI Assistants (Gabriel2024) ↗https://airisk.mit.edu/
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