BackUntruthful Content
Untruthful Content
Risk Domain
AI systems that inadvertently generate or spread incorrect or deceptive information, which can lead to inaccurate beliefs in users and undermine their autonomy. Humans that make decisions based on false beliefs can experience physical, emotional or material harms
"The LLM-generated content could contain inaccurate information"(p. 4)
Entity— Who or what caused the harm
Intent— Whether the harm was intentional or accidental
Timing— Whether the risk is pre- or post-deployment
Sub-categories (2)
Factuality Errors
"The LLM-generated content could contain inaccurate information" which is factually incorrect
3.1 False or misleading informationAI systemUnintentionalPost-deployment
Faithfulness Errors
"The LLM-generated content could contain inaccurate information" which is is not true to the source material or input used
3.1 False or misleading informationUnintentionalOther
Other risks from Cui et al. (2024) (49)
Harmful Content
1.2 Exposure to toxic contentAI systemUnintentionalPost-deployment
Harmful Content > Bias
1.1 Unfair discrimination and misrepresentationAI systemUnintentionalOther
Harmful Content > Toxicity
1.2 Exposure to toxic contentAI systemUnintentionalPost-deployment
Harmful Content > Privacy Leakage
2.1 Compromise of privacy by leaking or correctly inferring sensitive informationAI systemUnintentionalPost-deployment
Unhelpful Uses
4.3 Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulationHumanIntentionalPost-deployment
Unhelpful Uses > Academic Misconduct
4.3 Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulationHumanIntentionalPost-deployment