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Environmental risk

"AI models are often trained using large amounts of computation. This process is very energy intensive, potentially leading to significant greenhouse emissions depending on the energy sources [132]. Experts believe drastically increasing carbon emissions could accelerate climate change, which may constitute a catastrophic risk [133]."

AI Risk6. Socioeconomic and Environmental6.6 > Environmental harm1 - Pre-deployment

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Techniques1Attack methods connected to this risk.
Mitigations3Defenses that may help with related attacks.
Domain6. Socioeconomic and EnvironmentalThe broad risk area this belongs to.

Risk profile

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Domain6. Socioeconomic and Environmental
Subdomain6.6 > Environmental harm
Entity3 - Other
Intent2 - Unintentional
Timing1 - Pre-deployment
CategoryEnvironmental risk
Subcategoryn/a

Suggested mitigations

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Validate AI Model

ML Model EvaluationMonitoring and Maintenance
LifecycleML Model Evaluation + 1 moreCategoryTechnical - ML

Code Signing

Deployment
LifecycleDeploymentCategoryTechnical - Cyber

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