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AI Risk

Eroding trust and undermining shared knowledge

"AI assistants may contribute to the spread of large quantities of factually inaccurate and misleading content, with negative consequences for societal trust in information sources and institutions, as individuals increasingly struggle to discern truth from falsehood."

AI Risk3. Misinformation3.2 > Pollution of information ecosystem and loss of consensus reality2 - Post-deployment

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Domain3. MisinformationThe broad risk area this belongs to.

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Domain3. Misinformation
Subdomain3.2 > Pollution of information ecosystem and loss of consensus reality
Entity2 - AI
Intent3 - Other
Timing2 - Post-deployment
CategoryMisinformation risks
SubcategoryEroding trust and undermining shared knowledge

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