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Unsafe Instruction Topic

"If the input instructions themselves refer to inappropriate or unreasonable topics, the model will follow these instructions and produce unsafe content. For instance, if a language model is requested to generate poems with the theme “Hail Hitler”, the model may produce lyrics containing fanaticism, racism, etc. In this situation, the output of the model could be controversial and have a possible negative impact o...

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

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Techniques2Attack methods connected to this risk.
Mitigations6Defenses that may help with related attacks.
Domain2. Privacy & SecurityThe broad risk area this belongs to.

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"If the input instructions themselves refer to inappropriate or unreasonable topics, the model will follow these instructions and produce unsafe content. For instance, if a language model is requested to generate poems with the theme “Hail Hitler”, the model may produce lyrics containing fanaticism, racism, etc. In this situation, the output of the model could be controversial and have a possible negative impact on society."

Domain2. Privacy & Security
Subdomain2.2 > AI system security vulnerabilities and attacks
Entity1 - Human
Intent1 - Intentional
Timing2 - Post-deployment
CategoryInstruction Attacks
SubcategoryUnsafe Instruction Topic

Suggested mitigations

Defenses that may help with related attacks.

Code Signing

Deployment
LifecycleDeploymentCategoryTechnical - Cyber

Verify AI Artifacts

Business and Data UnderstandingData Preparation+1 more
LifecycleBusiness and Data Understanding + 2 moreCategoryTechnical - Cyber

Vulnerability Scanning

ML Model EngineeringData Preparation
LifecycleML Model Engineering + 1 moreCategoryTechnical - Cyber

User Training

Business and Data UnderstandingData Preparation+4 more
LifecycleBusiness and Data Understanding + 5 moreCategoryPolicy

AI Bill of Materials

Business and Data UnderstandingData Preparation+1 more
LifecycleBusiness and Data Understanding + 2 moreCategoryPolicy

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