SECSEC-001 — Model Security Vulnerabilities
Open-Weight AI Models Cannot Be Decommissioned After Release or Breach
3/5Sector: OtherGeography: GlobalStage: OperateIngested: —
Executive Summary
Once model weights are publicly released or leaked, developers permanently lose the ability to withdraw, patch, or restrict the model, removing all downstream risk controls. Boards face an irrecoverable governance gap in which liability, misuse, and reconfiguration risks persist indefinitely beyond organisational reach.
Domain
Security & Privacy
Blindspots in model security, data poisoning, privacy leakage, infrastructure, model theft, and incident response.
Source
MIT AI Risk Repository — Risk Sources and Risk Management Measures in Support of Standards for General-Purpose AI Systems (Gipiškis2024) ↗https://airisk.mit.edu/
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