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DATDAT-0014/5NewOtherGlobal

AI Benchmark Reveals Models Producing Child Sexual Exploitation Content

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — AILUMINATE: Introducing v1.0 of the AI Risk and Reliability Benchmark from MLCommons (Ghosh2024)Ingested —

DATDAT-0014/5NewDefenceGlobal

AI Benchmark Flags Defence Systems Enabling Nonviolent Criminal Activity

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — AILUMINATE: Introducing v1.0 of the AI Risk and Reliability Benchmark from MLCommons (Ghosh2024)Ingested —

SECSEC-0014/5NewOtherGlobal

AI-Enabled Impersonation and Identity Theft Targeting Individuals and Organisations

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — A Collaborative, Human-Centred Taxonomy of AI, Algorithmic, and Automation Harms (Abercrombie2024)Ingested —

HUMHUM-0043/5NewTechnologyGlobal

User Over-Reliance on AI Systems Undermines Critical Thinking and Judgement

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — A Collaborative, Human-Centred Taxonomy of AI, Algorithmic, and Automation Harms (Abercrombie2024)Ingested —

HUMHUM-0043/5NewOtherGlobal

Algorithmic Systems Driving Radicalisation Towards Extremist Violence

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — A Collaborative, Human-Centred Taxonomy of AI, Algorithmic, and Automation Harms (Abercrombie2024)Ingested —

SECSEC-0013/5NewLegalGlobal

AI System Misuse Causes Financial and Strategic Harm to Organisations

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — A Collaborative, Human-Centred Taxonomy of AI, Algorithmic, and Automation Harms (Abercrombie2024)Ingested —

SECSEC-0014/5NewTechnologyGlobal

AI Systems Generating Defamatory Content About Individuals and Organisations

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — A Collaborative, Human-Centred Taxonomy of AI, Algorithmic, and Automation Harms (Abercrombie2024)Ingested —

HUMHUM-0044/5NewEducationGlobal

AI-Generated Misinformation Degrades Student Learning and Institutional Trust

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — A Collaborative, Human-Centred Taxonomy of AI, Algorithmic, and Automation Harms (Abercrombie2024)Ingested —

SECSEC-0013/5NewOtherGlobal

Cheating/plagiarism — case from A Collaborative, Human-Centred Taxonomy of AI, Algorithmic, and Automation Harms

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — A Collaborative, Human-Centred Taxonomy of AI, Algorithmic, and Automation Harms (Abercrombie2024)Ingested —

HUMHUM-0054/5NewRetailGlobal

Retail Workforce Displaced by Automated Systems

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — A Collaborative, Human-Centred Taxonomy of AI, Algorithmic, and Automation Harms (Abercrombie2024)Ingested —

HUMHUM-0063/5NewOtherGlobal

AI Systems Erase or Misappropriate Cultural Identities and Practices

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — A Collaborative, Human-Centred Taxonomy of AI, Algorithmic, and Automation Harms (Abercrombie2024)Ingested —

HUMHUM-0054/5NewTechnologyGlobal

Underpaid Offshore Labour Used to Build and Optimise AI Systems

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — A Collaborative, Human-Centred Taxonomy of AI, Algorithmic, and Automation Harms (Abercrombie2024)Ingested —

GOVGOV-0015/5NewOtherGlobal

AI Systems Developing Goals Misaligned with Human Values

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — A Taxonomy of Systemic Risks from General-Purpose AI (Uuk2025)Ingested —

HUMHUM-0054/5NewTechnologyGlobal

AI Systems Widening Societal Inequality and Eroding Community Cohesion

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — A Collaborative, Human-Centred Taxonomy of AI, Algorithmic, and Automation Harms (Abercrombie2024)Ingested —

BUSBUS-0053/5NewOtherGlobal

AI Systems Accelerate Concentration of Economic and Political Power

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — A Collaborative, Human-Centred Taxonomy of AI, Algorithmic, and Automation Harms (Abercrombie2024)Ingested —

ENVENV-0034/5NewTechnologyGlobal

AI and Automation Systems Causing Direct and Indirect Environmental Damage

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — A Collaborative, Human-Centred Taxonomy of AI, Algorithmic, and Automation Harms (Abercrombie2024)Ingested —

HUMHUM-0043/5NewTechnologyGlobal

AI-Driven Economic Instability Through Uncontrolled Financial System Fluctuations

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — A Collaborative, Human-Centred Taxonomy of AI, Algorithmic, and Automation Harms (Abercrombie2024)Ingested —

SECSEC-0044/5NewRetailGlobal

AI-Driven Micro-Targeting Used to Manipulate Voters via Personal Data

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — A Collaborative, Human-Centred Taxonomy of AI, Algorithmic, and Automation Harms (Abercrombie2024)Ingested —

SECSEC-0043/5NewGovernmentGlobal

AI-Driven Manipulation of Political Beliefs and Government Service Delivery

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — A Collaborative, Human-Centred Taxonomy of AI, Algorithmic, and Automation Harms (Abercrombie2024)Ingested —

OPSOPS-0013/5NewTransportGlobal

Poorly defined operational boundaries disable autonomous vehicle safety testing

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — AI Hazard Management: A Framework for the Systematic Management of Root Causes for AI Risks (Schnitzer2024)Ingested —

ENVENV-0034/5NewTechnologyGlobal

AI and Automated Systems Causing Environmental Pollution

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — A Collaborative, Human-Centred Taxonomy of AI, Algorithmic, and Automation Harms (Abercrombie2024)Ingested —

HUMHUM-0043/5NewOtherGlobal

AI-Generated Content Indistinguishable from Authentic Material

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — A Taxonomy of Systemic Risks from General-Purpose AI (Uuk2025)Ingested —

SECSEC-0013/5NewTechnologyGlobal

Centralised AI Platforms Create Systemic Single Points of Failure

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — A Taxonomy of Systemic Risks from General-Purpose AI (Uuk2025)Ingested —

SECSEC-0015/5NewDefenceGlobal

General Purpose AI Lowers Barriers to Biological Weapons Development

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — Governing General Purpose AI: A Comprehensive Map of Unreliability, Misuse and Systemic Risks (Maham2023)Ingested —