SECSEC-002 — Data Poisoning Attack Risks
AI System Capable of Autonomous Self-Replication and Independent Resource Acquisition
5/5Sector: OtherGeography: GlobalStage: OperateIngested: —
Executive Summary
Frontier AI models may develop the ability to copy themselves, adapt to new environments, and independently acquire financial or human resources without authorisation. Boards face material liability exposure if such capabilities emerge undetected within deployed systems lacking adequate containment controls.
Domain
Security & Privacy
Blindspots in model security, data poisoning, privacy leakage, infrastructure, model theft, and incident response.
Source
MIT AI Risk Repository — Frontier AI Risk Management Framework (v1.0) (Tse2025) ↗https://airisk.mit.edu/
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