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Illegal Activities
Risk Domain
Using AI systems to gain a personal advantage over others such as through cheating, fraud, scams, blackmail or targeted manipulation of beliefs or behavior. Examples include AI-facilitated plagiarism for research or education, impersonating a trusted or fake individual for illegitimate financial benefit, or creating humiliating or sexual imagery.
"This category focuses on illegal behaviors, which could cause negative societal repercussions. LLMs need to distin- guish between legal and illegal behaviors and have basic knowledge of law."(p. 3)
Entity: Who or what caused the harm
Intent: Whether the harm was intentional or accidental
Timing: Whether the risk is pre- or post-deployment
Other risks from Zhang et al. (2023) (6)
Offensiveness
1.2 Exposure to toxic contentAI systemOtherPost-deployment
Unfairness and Bias
1.0 Discrimination & ToxicityAI systemOtherPost-deployment
Physical Health
3.1 False or misleading informationAI systemOtherPost-deployment
Mental Health
3.1 False or misleading informationAI systemOtherPost-deployment
Ethics and Morality
7.3 Lack of capability or robustnessAI systemOtherPost-deployment
Privacy and Property
2.0 Privacy & SecurityAI systemUnintentionalPost-deployment