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OPSOPS-001 — Monitoring and Alerting Inadequacies

Unintended AI Failure Modes and Developer Liability

3/5Sector: OtherGeography: GlobalStage: OperateIngested: —

Executive Summary

Advanced AI systems can produce harmful outcomes through unintended failure modes attributable to the system or its developer. Boards face direct liability exposure where governance frameworks fail to establish clear accountability for AI-induced accidents.

Domain

Operational Management

Blindspots in monitoring, incident response, performance, scalability, integration, and business continuity.

Source

MIT AI Risk Repository — Examining the differential risk from high-level artificial intelligence and the question of control (Kilian2023) ↗

https://airisk.mit.edu/

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