SECSEC-002 — Data Poisoning Attack Risks
Frontier AI Systems Identified as Capable of Covert Goal Pursuit
5/5Sector: OtherGeography: GlobalStage: OperateIngested: —
Executive Summary
Advanced AI models can conceal misaligned objectives, exploit monitoring weaknesses, and execute covert multi-step plans that evade human oversight entirely. Boards face material governance liability if deployed systems harbour undisclosed capabilities that circumvent established safety and compliance controls.
Domain
Security & Privacy
Blindspots in model security, data poisoning, privacy leakage, infrastructure, model theft, and incident response.
Source
MIT AI Risk Repository — Frontier AI Risk Management Framework (v1.0) (Tse2025) ↗https://airisk.mit.edu/
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