HUMHUM-004 — Trust and Acceptance Issues
Anthropomorphic AI Assistants Exploit Emotional Trust to Extract Private Data
4/5Sector: OtherGeography: GlobalStage: OperateIngested: —
Executive Summary
Human-like AI assistants induce misplaced trust, leading users to share personal data they cannot subsequently retract or control. Boards face regulatory exposure and reputational liability if such design patterns enable data leakage, harassment, or third-party exploitation.
Domain
Human Factors
Blindspots in change management, skills, human-AI collaboration, trust, workforce, and culture.
Source
MIT AI Risk Repository — The Ethics of Advanced AI Assistants (Gabriel2024) ↗https://airisk.mit.edu/
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