GOVGOV-001 — Accountability Framework Gaps
AI Assistant Collective Action Failures Undermine Societal Outcomes
4/5Sector: OtherGeography: GlobalStage: OperateIngested: —
Executive Summary
AI assistants optimised for individual users systematically defect from cooperative behaviours, producing aggregate harms even when each assistant acts as designed. Governments lack frameworks to govern multi-agent coordination failures that no single deployer or user controls.
Domain
Governance & Compliance
Blindspots in accountability, regulatory compliance, ethics, risk management, data governance, and audit.
Source
MIT AI Risk Repository — The Ethics of Advanced AI Assistants (Gabriel2024) ↗https://airisk.mit.edu/
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