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Malicious intent

Generating Harms - Generative AI's impact and paths forwards

Electronic Privacy Information Centre (2023)

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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.

"A frequent malicious use case of generative AI to harm, humiliate, or sexualize another person involves generating deepfakes of nonconsensual sexual imagery or videos."(p. 11)

Part of Harassment, Impersonation, and Extortion

Other risks from Electronic Privacy Information Centre (2023) (21)