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SECSEC-001 — Model Security Vulnerabilities

Frontier AI Lowers Barriers for Hostile Actors Across Cyber and WMD Domains

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

Executive Summary

Advanced AI systems are reducing the expertise required to conduct cyberattacks, disinformation operations, and biological or chemical weapons development. Boards must treat AI-enabled threat escalation as a near-term defence and security liability requiring immediate policy response.

Domain

Security & Privacy

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

Source

MIT AI Risk Repository — Capabilities and Risks from Frontier AI (DSIT2023) ↗

https://airisk.mit.edu/

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