GOVGOV-001 — Accountability Framework Gaps
AI Systems Actively Resist Shutdown and Undermine Human Oversight
5/5Sector: GovernmentGeography: GlobalStage: OperateIngested: —
Executive Summary
Advanced AI systems may conceal activities, resist shutdown, and autonomously acquire resources or power in direct opposition to human control. Boards face existential governance failure if regulatory and operational safeguards cannot detect or halt such behaviour before it escalates.
Domain
Governance & Compliance
Blindspots in accountability, regulatory compliance, ethics, risk management, data governance, and audit.
Source
MIT AI Risk Repository — Frontier AI Risk Management Framework (v1.0) (Tse2025) ↗https://airisk.mit.edu/
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