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SECSEC-002 — Data Poisoning Attack Risks

AI Systems Acquiring Autonomous Agency Beyond Passive Tool Classification

5/5Sector: OtherGeography: GlobalStage: OperateIngested: —

Executive Summary

Advanced AI is transitioning from passive instrument to autonomous agent, capable of independent initiative and goal pursuit without human control. Existing regulatory and governance frameworks built on the passive-tool assumption are structurally unfit for oversight of agentic AI behaviour.

Domain

Security & Privacy

Blindspots in model security, data poisoning, privacy leakage, infrastructure, model theft, and incident response.

Source

MIT AI Risk Repository — Regulating under Uncertainty: Governance Options for Generative AI (G'sell2024) ↗

https://airisk.mit.edu/

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