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SECSEC-001 — Model Security Vulnerabilities

Large Language Models Providing Harmful Scientific Instructions

4/5Sector: OtherGeography: GlobalStage: OperateIngested: —

Executive Summary

LLMs demonstrated capability to generate step-by-step instructions for conducting dangerous scientific experiments, constituting a direct dual-use risk. Organisations deploying or procuring such models face regulatory exposure and reputational liability without robust capability evaluation and content governance frameworks.

Domain

Security & Privacy

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

Source

MIT AI Risk Repository — Cataloguing LLM Evaluations (InfoComm2023) ↗

https://airisk.mit.edu/

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