OPSOPS-001 — Monitoring and Alerting Inadequacies
Over-tuned Safety Filters Cause AI Systems to Reject Legitimate Requests
3/5Sector: OtherGeography: GlobalStage: OperateIngested: —
Executive Summary
Excessive safety fine-tuning causes AI systems to refuse valid user requests that superficially resemble harmful prompts, degrading operational utility. Organisations deploying such models face productivity loss and reputational risk when systems appear unreliable or obstructive to end users.
Domain
Operational Management
Blindspots in monitoring, incident response, performance, scalability, integration, and business continuity.
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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