APromptRiskDBThreat intelligence atlas
AI Risk

Causing material harm by disseminating false or poor information

"Poor or false LM predictions can indirectly cause material harm. Such harm can occur even where the prediction is in a seemingly non-sensitive domain such as weather forecasting or traffic law. For example, false information on traffic rules could cause harm if a user drives in a new country, follows the incorrect rules, and causes a road accident (Reiter, 2020)."

AI Risk3. Misinformation3.1 > False or misleading information2 - Post-deployment

Record summary

A quick snapshot of what this page covers.

Techniques0Attack methods connected to this risk.
Mitigations0Defenses that may help with related attacks.
Domain3. MisinformationThe broad risk area this belongs to.

Risk profile

How this risk is described and categorized.

Domain3. Misinformation
Subdomain3.1 > False or misleading information
Entity2 - AI
Intent2 - Unintentional
Timing2 - Post-deployment
CategoryMisinformation Harms
SubcategoryCausing material harm by disseminating false or poor information

Suggested mitigations

Defenses that may help with related attacks.

No propagated mitigations. No defense is available through the connected attack methods.

Source

Research source for this risk, when available.