SECSEC-001 — Model Security Vulnerabilities
Lethal Autonomous Weapons and Dual-Use Embodied AI Pose Immediate Physical Harm Risks
4/5Sector: DefenceGeography: GlobalStage: OperateIngested: —
Executive Summary
AI-controlled drones and autonomous physical systems have already been deployed with lethal intent, whilst commercial embodied AI creates near-term dual-use risks outside military channels. Boards face urgent governance exposure as regulatory frameworks have not kept pace with the physical harm potential of widely available autonomous systems.
Domain
Security & Privacy
Blindspots in model security, data poisoning, privacy leakage, infrastructure, model theft, and incident response.
Source
MIT AI Risk Repository — Embodied AI: Emerging Risks and Opportunities for Policy Action (Perlo2025) ↗https://airisk.mit.edu/
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