Erosion of trust in public information
AI Risk"Eroding trust in public information and knowledge"
Overview
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Techniques1Attack methods connected to this risk.
Mitigations0Defenses that may help with related attacks.
Records2Source records unified into this concept.
Risk profile
How the MIT AI Risk Repository categorizes this risk.
Domain3. Misinformation; 1. Discrimination & Toxicity
Subdomain3.2 > Pollution of information ecosystem and loss of consensus reality; 1.1 > Unfair discrimination and misrepresentation
Entity3 - Other; 1 - Human
Intent3 - Other
Timing3 - Other; 2 - Post-deployment
CategoryMisinformation Harms
SubcategoryErosion of trust in public information
Merged risk records
Source records unified into this canonical risk concept.
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MITRISK-Li2025-66.03.03 - Erosion of trust in public information
"Eroding trust in public information and knowledge"
MITRISK-Weidinger2023-18.02.02 - Erosion of trust in public information
"Eroding trust in public information and knowledge"
Mitigations
Defenses that may help with related attacks.
No propagated mitigations. No defense is available through the connected attack methods.
Source evidence
Research source for this risk, when available.
Included resource
A Closer Look at the Existing Risks of Generative AI: Mapping the Who, What, and How of Real-World Incidents
Original source
MIT AI Risk Repository
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