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Factual Errors Injected by External Tools

"External tools typically incorporate additional knowledge into the input prompts [122], [178]–[184]. The additional knowledge often originates from public resources such as Web APIs and search engines. As the reliability of external tools is not always ensured, the content returned by external tools may include factual errors, consequently amplifying the hallucination issue."

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AI Risk2. Privacy & Security2.2 > AI system security vulnerabilities and attacks2 - Post-deployment

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Techniques16Attack methods connected to this risk.
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Domain2. Privacy & SecurityThe broad risk area this belongs to.

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Domain2. Privacy & Security
Subdomain2.2 > AI system security vulnerabilities and attacks
Entity2 - AI
Intent2 - Unintentional
Timing2 - Post-deployment
CategoryIssues on External Tools
SubcategoryFactual Errors Injected by External Tools

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LifecycleDeploymentCategoryTechnical - Cyber

Sanitize Training Data

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AI Bill of Materials

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LifecycleBusiness and Data Understanding + 2 moreCategoryPolicy

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