Personal Loss and Identity Theft
AI systems that memorize and leak sensitive personal data or infer private information about individuals without their consent. Unexpected or unauthorized sharing of data and information can compromise user expectation of privacy, assist identity theft, or cause loss of confidential intellectual property.
"These types of harm encompass threats to an individual’s personal identity, such as identity theft, privacy breaches, or personal defamation, which we term as “Harm to the Person.”"(p. 552)
Sub-categories (3)
Deception - Synthetic identities
"GenAI can produce images of people that look very real, as if they could be seen on platforms like Facebook, Twitter, or Tinder. Although these individuals do not exist in reality, these synthetic identities are already being used in malicious activities (see Table 1D)."
4.3 Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulationPropaganda - Digital impersonations
"AI-generated impersonation for identity theft might be found at the intersection of “Harm to the Person” and “Deception.”"
4.3 Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulationDishonesty - Targeted harassment
"LLMs can be deployed to target individuals online, sending them personalized and harmful messages at scale"
4.3 Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulationOther risks from Ferrara (2023) (14)
Financial and Economic Damage
4.3 Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulationFinancial and Economic Damage > Deception - Bespoke ransom
4.3 Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulationFinancial and Economic Damage > Propaganda - Extremist schemes
4.1 Disinformation, surveillance, and influence at scaleFinancial and Economic Damage > Dishonesty - Market manipulation
4.3 Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulationInformation Manipulation
4.1 Disinformation, surveillance, and influence at scaleInformation Manipulation > Deception - Information control
4.1 Disinformation, surveillance, and influence at scale