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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