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Auditor failure

Auditor capacity mismatch

Sub-category
Risk Domain
6Socioeconomic & Environmental
6.5Governance failure

Inadequate regulatory frameworks and oversight mechanisms that fail to keep pace with AI development, leading to ineffective governance and the inability to manage AI risks appropriately.

"Auditors may not be able to address all of the specific safety, performance, or validation needs. Reports of passing audits may be more inclusive than can be justified due to a lack of knowledge of specific risks and how they can be tested, or a lack of capacity to perform sufficiently rigorous testing."(p. 23)

Entity— Who or what caused the harm

Human

Due to a decision or action made by humans

AI system

Due to a decision or action made by an AI system

Other

Due to some other reason or is ambiguous

Intent— Whether the harm was intentional or accidental

Intentional

Due to an expected outcome from pursuing a goal

Unintentional

Due to an unexpected outcome from pursuing a goal

Other

Without clearly specifying the intentionality

Timing— Whether the risk is pre- or post-deployment

Pre-deployment

Occurring before the AI is deployed

Post-deployment

Occurring after the AI model has been trained and deployed

Other

Without a clearly specified time of occurrence

Part of Model Evaluations (Auditing)

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Direct Harm Domains (content safety harms) > Violence and extremism

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Direct Harm Domains (content safety harms) > Hate and toxicity

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Direct Harm Domains (content safety harms) > Sexual content

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Direct Harm Domains (content safety harms) > Child harm

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Direct Harm Domains (content safety harms) > Self-harm

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