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ENVENV-0033/5NewOtherGlobal

AI Data Centre Water Consumption Strains Local Resources

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — Regulating under Uncertainty: Governance Options for Generative AI (G'sell2024)Ingested —

ENVENV-0043/5NewOtherUK

AI Development Triggers Resource Conflicts Over Data Centres and Semiconductors

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — A Survey of the Potential Long-term Impacts of AI: How AI Could Lead to Long-term Changes in Science, Cooperation, Power, Epistemics and Values (Clarke2023)Ingested —

GOVGOV-0064/5NewHealthcareGlobal

Black-Box AI in Healthcare Blocks Clinical Verification

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — A Survey of Artificial Intelligence Challenges: Analyzing the Definitions, Relationships, and Evolutions (Saghiri2022)Ingested —

DATDAT-0033/5NewOtherUK

Frontier AI Systems Amplify Discriminatory Bias Across All Output Modalities

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — Future Risks of Frontier AI (GOS2023)Ingested —

GOVGOV-0014/5NewTransportGlobal

Autonomous Vehicle AI Creates Unresolved Liability and Ethical Decision Gaps

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — The Rise of Artificial Intelligence - Future Outlooks and Emerging Risks (Allianz2018)Ingested —

HUMHUM-0045/5NewOtherGlobal

AI Systems in Elder and Child Care Risk Psychological Manipulation

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — The Rise of Artificial Intelligence - Future Outlooks and Emerging Risks (Allianz2018)Ingested —

GOVGOV-0013/5NewTechnologyGlobal

Advanced AI Loss of Control Risk Identified in International Safety Report

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — International Scientific Report on the Safety of Advanced AI (Bengio2024)Ingested —

SECSEC-0014/5NewOtherGlobal

AI Systems Exposed to the Same Cyber Vulnerabilities as Conventional Software

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — A Survey of Artificial Intelligence Challenges: Analyzing the Definitions, Relationships, and Evolutions (Saghiri2022)Ingested —

GOVGOV-0063/5NewOtherGlobal

Absence of Accountability Frameworks in AI Decision-Making

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — An Exploratory Diagnosis of Artificial Intelligence Risks for a Responsible Governance (Teixeira2022)Ingested —

SECSEC-0043/5NewOtherGlobal

Generative AI Lowers Barrier to Large-Scale Disinformation Campaigns

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework: Generative Artificial Intelligence Profile (NIST2024)Ingested —

GOVGOV-0013/5NewOtherGlobal

Superintelligent AI Agents Risk Becoming Uncontrollable as Autonomy Increases

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — A Survey of Artificial Intelligence Challenges: Analyzing the Definitions, Relationships, and Evolutions (Saghiri2022)Ingested —

GOVGOV-0064/5NewOtherGlobal

AI Decision Opacity Blocks External Accountability in Public-Sector Systems

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — A Survey of Artificial Intelligence Challenges: Analyzing the Definitions, Relationships, and Evolutions (Saghiri2022)Ingested —

GOVGOV-0014/5NewTransportGlobal

Autonomous Vehicle Liability Gap Leaves Crash Responsibility Unresolved

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — A Survey of Artificial Intelligence Challenges: Analyzing the Definitions, Relationships, and Evolutions (Saghiri2022)Ingested —

HUMHUM-0045/5NewHealthcareGlobal

AI in Elder and Child Care Raises Manipulation and Privacy Governance Risks

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — The Rise of Artificial Intelligence - Future Outlooks and Emerging Risks (Allianz2018)Ingested —

BUSBUS-0054/5NewOtherGlobal

AI-Driven Market Monopolisation Through Algorithmic Price Control

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

SECSEC-0025/5NewOtherGlobal

LLMs Accelerating Dual-Use AI Development at Scale

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — Cataloguing LLM Evaluations (InfoComm2023)Ingested —

OPSOPS-0014/5NewOtherGlobal

AI Agent Decisions Cannot Be Reliably Predicted Across All Situations

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — A Survey of Artificial Intelligence Challenges: Analyzing the Definitions, Relationships, and Evolutions (Saghiri2022)Ingested —

DATDAT-0023/5NewOtherGlobal

AI Systems Exposing Personal Data Through Inadequately Secured Channels

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — An Exploratory Diagnosis of Artificial Intelligence Risks for a Responsible Governance (Teixeira2022)Ingested —

GOVGOV-0014/5NewOtherGlobal

AI Systems Causing Human Harm Through Unsafe Agent Actions

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — A Survey of Artificial Intelligence Challenges: Analyzing the Definitions, Relationships, and Evolutions (Saghiri2022)Ingested —

SECSEC-0025/5NewOtherGlobal

AI Systems Acquiring Autonomous Agency Beyond Passive Tool Classification

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — Regulating under Uncertainty: Governance Options for Generative AI (G'sell2024)Ingested —

GOVGOV-0064/5NewOtherGlobal

AI Model Reproducibility Failures Undermine Scientific and Regulatory Trust

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — A Survey of Artificial Intelligence Challenges: Analyzing the Definitions, Relationships, and Evolutions (Saghiri2022)Ingested —

ENVENV-0033/5NewEnergyGlobal

AI Systems Drive Excessive Energy Consumption and Supply Shortfalls

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

OPSOPS-0015/5NewGovernmentGlobal

AI System Reliability Failures in Government Operations

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — An Exploratory Diagnosis of Artificial Intelligence Risks for a Responsible Governance (Teixeira2022)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 —