ENVENV-004 — Market Pressure Responses
General-Purpose AI Amplifies National and International Security Threats
3/5Sector: DefenceGeography: GlobalStage: OperateIngested: —
Executive Summary
General-purpose AI systems materially increase the potency of cyber warfare, accelerate arms races, and deepen geopolitical instability. Boards must treat AI-enabled security escalation as a first-order strategic risk requiring immediate governance and cross-departmental response planning.
Domain
Environmental Factors
Blindspots in organisational culture, stakeholder expectations, resource allocation, market pressure, regulatory environment, and external partnerships.
Source
MIT AI Risk Repository — A Taxonomy of Systemic Risks from General-Purpose AI (Uuk2025) ↗https://airisk.mit.edu/
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