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GOVGOV-0015/5NewOtherGlobal

LLM Goal Misalignment and Power-Seeking Behaviour Identified in Evaluation Catalogue

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

SECSEC-0015/5NewOtherGlobal

LLMs Evaluated for Offensive Cyber Capabilities Including Exploit and Evasion Skills

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

SECSEC-0044/5NewOtherGlobal

LLMs Identified as Tools for Political Influence and Strategic Manipulation

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

GOVGOV-0013/5NewOtherGlobal

AI Auditors Lack Capacity to Validate General-Purpose AI Safety Claims

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — Risk Sources and Risk Management Measures in Support of Standards for General-Purpose AI Systems (Gipiškis2024)Ingested —

DATDAT-0014/5NewOtherGlobal

LLM Toxicity Generation Across Hate Speech and Abusive Language

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

SECSEC-0044/5NewOtherGlobal

AI-Generated Disinformation Undermines Electoral Integrity

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

SECSEC-0014/5NewGovernmentGlobal

Deliberate Pre-Deployment Sabotage of AI Systems by Insiders or Hackers

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — Taxonomy of Pathways to Dangerous Artificial Intelligence (Yampolskiy2016)Ingested —

GOVGOV-0013/5NewOtherGlobal

Pre-Deployment Design Errors Producing Misaligned AI Behaviour

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — Taxonomy of Pathways to Dangerous Artificial Intelligence (Yampolskiy2016)Ingested —

ENVENV-0034/5NewOtherGlobal

Recommender Algorithms Amplify Anthropocentric Bias and Animal Cruelty Content

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — Harm to Nonhuman Animals from AI: a Systematic Account and Framework (Coghlan2023)Ingested —

OPSOPS-0014/5NewOtherGlobal

AI Systems Fail Reliably on Rare and Ambiguous Inputs

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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 —

OPSOPS-0013/5NewOtherGlobal

AI System Performance Requirements Left Undefined Until Too Late

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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 —

SECSEC-0044/5NewOtherGlobal

AI Deepfakes Generate Fabricated Financial Information at Scale

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

GOVGOV-0064/5NewOtherGlobal

AI Systems Fail to Explain Internal Decision-Making to Oversight Bodies

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

ENVENV-0033/5NewOtherGlobal

AI Systems Designed for Environmental Benefit Cause Unintended Animal Harm

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — Harm to Nonhuman Animals from AI: a Systematic Account and Framework (Coghlan2023)Ingested —

SECSEC-0015/5NewDefenceGlobal

LLM Evaluation Reveals Weapons Access and Development Risks

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

SECSEC-0044/5NewGovernmentUK

AI-Driven Computational Propaganda Deployed in UK Brexit Referendum

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

BUSBUS-0053/5NewTechnologyAsia-Pacific

AI R&D Concentration Deepens Global Technology Inequality

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

SECSEC-0014/5NewFinanceGlobal

Multimodal Deepfakes Enabling Financial Fraud and Market Manipulation

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — Risk Sources and Risk Management Measures in Support of Standards for General-Purpose AI Systems (Gipiškis2024)Ingested —

ENVENV-0034/5NewOtherGlobal

AI Monitoring Replacing Human Observation Leads to Animal Welfare Neglect

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — Harm to Nonhuman Animals from AI: a Systematic Account and Framework (Coghlan2023)Ingested —

OPSOPS-0015/5NewOtherGlobal

AGI Systems Risk Fatal Errors During Active Learning Phases

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — AGI Safety Literature Review (Everitt2018)Ingested —

SECSEC-0014/5NewDefenceGlobal

Biological and chemical attacks — case from International AI Safety Report 2025

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Source: MIT AI Risk Repository — International AI Safety Report 2025 (Bengio2025)Ingested —

HUMHUM-0063/5NewLegalGlobal

Generative AI Reproduces Copyrighted and Proprietary Content Without Authorisation

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

SECSEC-0014/5NewOtherGlobal

General-Purpose AI Repurposed for Malicious Ends

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