SECSEC-001 — Model Security Vulnerabilities
Autonomous Weapons Systems Outperform Human Pilots, Raising Lethal AI Governance Gaps
4/5Sector: DefenceGeography: GlobalStage: OperateIngested: —
Executive Summary
AI agents now exceed experienced combat pilots in simulated aerial engagements, and fully autonomous lethal drones are already operational without mandatory human oversight frameworks. Boards with defence exposure face material regulatory and liability risk as international governance for autonomous weapons remains absent.
Domain
Security & Privacy
Blindspots in model security, data poisoning, privacy leakage, infrastructure, model theft, and incident response.
Source
MIT AI Risk Repository — Regulating under Uncertainty: Governance Options for Generative AI (G'sell2024) ↗https://airisk.mit.edu/
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