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GOVGOV-001 — Accountability Framework Gaps

Cross-lingual Training Data Contamination Undermines AI Benchmark Reliability

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

Executive Summary

Multilingual AI models can be trained on translated benchmark data, causing evaluations to report false capability gains that do not reflect genuine generalisation. Regulators and procurers relying on benchmark scores as safety or performance evidence face systematically misleading assurance.

Domain

Governance & Compliance

Blindspots in accountability, regulatory compliance, ethics, risk management, data governance, and audit.

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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