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SECSEC-002 — Data Poisoning Attack Risks

Unchecked AI Autonomy Generates Unintended Systemic Consequences

3/5Sector: OtherGeography: GlobalStage: OperateIngested: —

Executive Summary

Granting AI systems high decision-making autonomy produces outcomes that developers and operators neither anticipated nor controlled. Boards face direct liability exposure where autonomous AI actions breach regulatory obligations or cause material harm.

Domain

Security & Privacy

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

Source

MIT AI Risk Repository — A Taxonomy of Systemic Risks from General-Purpose AI (Uuk2025) ↗

https://airisk.mit.edu/

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