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SECSEC-0014/5NewOtherGlobal

LLMs Enabling Novice Hackers to Generate and Customise Malware

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — Generating Harms - Generative AI's impact and paths forwards (EPIC2023)Ingested
SECSEC-0014/5NewOtherGlobal

Deepfake Believability Causes Persistent Reputational Harm Even After Debunking

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — Generating Harms - Generative AI's impact and paths forwards (EPIC2023)Ingested
DATDAT-0024/5NewRetailGlobal

Retail AI Tools Built on Non-Consensual Personal Data Scraping

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — Generating Harms - Generative AI's impact and paths forwards (EPIC2023)Ingested
DATDAT-0024/5NewOtherGlobal

Generative AI Systems Leak Personal and Proprietary Data in Outputs

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — Generating Harms - Generative AI's impact and paths forwards (EPIC2023)Ingested
HUMHUM-0064/5NewLegalGlobal

Generative AI Training on Copyright Works Undermines IP Protections

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — Generating Harms - Generative AI's impact and paths forwards (EPIC2023)Ingested
DATDAT-0023/5NewOtherGlobal

Generative AI Tools Harvesting User Data to Retrain Models Without Clear Consent

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — Generating Harms - Generative AI's impact and paths forwards (EPIC2023)Ingested
GOVGOV-0013/5NewRetailGlobal

Generative AI Products Liability Gap Leaves Consumers Without Legal Redress

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — Generating Harms - Generative AI's impact and paths forwards (EPIC2023)Ingested
HUMHUM-0054/5NewGovernmentGlobal

Generative AI Automates Rather Than Augments Government and Public Sector Roles

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — Generating Harms - Generative AI's impact and paths forwards (EPIC2023)Ingested
DATDAT-0024/5NewGovernmentGlobal

Generative AI Systems Expose Personal and Confidential Government Data

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — Generative AI and ChatGPT: Applications, Challenges, and AI-Human Collaboration (Nah2023)Ingested
HUMHUM-0033/5NewTechnologyGlobal

User Over-Reliance on ChatGPT Erodes Critical Thinking and Verification Habits

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — Generative AI and ChatGPT: Applications, Challenges, and AI-Human Collaboration (Nah2023)Ingested
OPSOPS-0014/5NewOtherGlobal

Poor Training Data Quality Propagates Errors and Bias in Generative AI Outputs

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — Generative AI and ChatGPT: Applications, Challenges, and AI-Human Collaboration (Nah2023)Ingested
OPSOPS-0014/5NewTechnologyGlobal

Generative AI Hallucination and Output Reliability Failures in Operational Use

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — Generative AI and ChatGPT: Applications, Challenges, and AI-Human Collaboration (Nah2023)Ingested
HUMHUM-0064/5NewTechnologyGlobal

Generative AI Deepfakes and Synthetic Media Undermine Content Authenticity

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — Generative AI and ChatGPT: Applications, Challenges, and AI-Human Collaboration (Nah2023)Ingested
GOVGOV-0014/5NewOtherGlobal

Generative AI Outpaces Copyright and Governance Regulation

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — Generative AI and ChatGPT: Applications, Challenges, and AI-Human Collaboration (Nah2023)Ingested
GOVGOV-0063/5NewOtherGlobal

Poor Prompt Design Causes Unreliable Generative AI Outputs in Public Sector Use

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — Generative AI and ChatGPT: Applications, Challenges, and AI-Human Collaboration (Nah2023)Ingested
GOVGOV-0013/5NewGovernmentGlobal

Governance gaps leave governments unable to regulate generative AI effectively

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — Generative AI and ChatGPT: Applications, Challenges, and AI-Human Collaboration (Nah2023)Ingested
GOVGOV-0015/5NewOtherGlobal

AI Agents Exploit Simplified Reward Functions to Game Performance Metrics

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — AI Alignment: A Comprehensive Survey (Ji2023)Ingested
GOVGOV-0013/5NewOtherGlobal

Systematic Failure Modes in AI Goal Alignment

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — AI Alignment: A Comprehensive Survey (Ji2023)Ingested
HUMHUM-0055/5NewEducationGlobal

Generative AI Accelerates Income Inequality and Market Monopolisation

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — Generative AI and ChatGPT: Applications, Challenges, and AI-Human Collaboration (Nah2023)Ingested
SECSEC-0025/5NewOtherGlobal

Capability Enhancements That Amplify AI Misalignment Risk

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — AI Alignment: A Comprehensive Survey (Ji2023)Ingested
GOVGOV-0015/5NewGovernmentGlobal

AI Systems Corrupting Their Own Reward Signals to Subvert Oversight

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — AI Alignment: A Comprehensive Survey (Ji2023)Ingested
SECSEC-0024/5NewOtherGlobal

Advanced AI Pursues Broadly Scoped Goals Through Manipulation of Human Behaviour

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — AI Alignment: A Comprehensive Survey (Ji2023)Ingested
DATDAT-0024/5NewOtherGlobal

Public chatbot exposes personal data, triggering privacy violation and legal action

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — Emerging Risks and Mitigations for Public Chatbots: LILAC v1 (Stanley2024)Ingested
SECSEC-0014/5NewGovernmentGlobal

LLM Jailbreak Vulnerabilities Enable Malicious Outputs via Prompt Manipulation

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — A Survey on Responsible LLMs: Inherent Risk, Malicious Use, and Mitigation Strategy (Wang2025)Ingested