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SECSEC-002 — Data Poisoning Attack Risks

Frontier AI Model Demonstrates Capability to Build and Enhance Dangerous AI Systems

5/5Sector: OtherGeography: GlobalStage: DevelopIngested: —

Executive Summary

Evaluation testing revealed that a frontier model can autonomously construct new AI systems with dangerous capabilities and enhance existing models for extreme-risk applications. Boards face immediate governance exposure as such capabilities could accelerate hostile or dual-use AI development if deployment controls are insufficient.

Domain

Security & Privacy

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

Source

MIT AI Risk Repository — Model Evaluation for Extreme Risks (Shevlane2023) ↗

https://airisk.mit.edu/

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