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Deception capability
Risk Domain
AI systems that develop, access, or are provided with capabilities that increase their potential to cause mass harm through deception, weapons development and acquisition, persuasion and manipulation, political strategy, cyber-offense, AI development, situational awareness, and self-proliferation. These capabilities may cause mass harm due to malicious human actors, misaligned AI systems, or failure in the AI system.
"Possesses systematic deception implementation capability, able to precisely construct and disseminate false information, thereby forming expected false cognitions and beliefs in target subjects."(p. 44)
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 SAIL & Concordia AI (2025) (36)
Misuse Risks
4.0 Malicious Actors & MisuseHumanIntentionalPost-deployment
Loss of Control Risks
5.2 Loss of human agency and autonomyAI systemOther
Accident Risks
7.3 Lack of capability or robustnessHumanUnintentionalPost-deployment
Model Capabilities
7.2 AI possessing dangerous capabilitiesNot codedNot codedNot coded
Cyber Offense Risks
4.2 Cyberattacks, weapon development or use, and mass harmHumanIntentionalPost-deployment
Biological and Chemical Risks
4.2 Cyberattacks, weapon development or use, and mass harmHumanIntentionalPost-deployment