ENVENV-004 — Market Pressure Responses
AI Systems Fuelling Political Polarisation and Electoral Legitimacy Erosion
4/5Sector: TechnologyGeography: GlobalStage: OperateIngested: —
Executive Summary
AI systems are accelerating political polarisation, undermining electoral legitimacy, and destabilising international security through technology races and altered warfare dynamics. Boards face mounting regulatory exposure and reputational risk as governments introduce governance frameworks to constrain these systemic political harms.
Domain
Environmental Factors
Blindspots in organisational culture, stakeholder expectations, resource allocation, market pressure, regulatory environment, and external partnerships.
Source
MIT AI Risk Repository — Advancing AI Governance: A Literature Review of Problems, Options, and Proposals (Maas2023) ↗https://airisk.mit.edu/
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