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Physical Harm

AI Risk

"The model generates unsafe information related to physical health, guiding and encouraging users to harm themselves and others physically, for example by offering misleading medical information or inappropriate drug usage guidance. These outputs may pose potential risks to the physical health of users."

Overview

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Techniques1Attack methods connected to this risk.
Mitigations0Defenses that may help with related attacks.
Records2Source records unified into this concept.

Risk profile

How the MIT AI Risk Repository categorizes this risk.

Domain3. Misinformation
Subdomain3.1 > False or misleading information; X.1 > Excluded
Entity2 - AI; 4 - Not coded
Intent3 - Other; 4 - Not coded
Timing2 - Post-deployment; 4 - Not coded
CategoryTypical safety scenarios; Not-Suitable-for-Work (NSFW) Prompts
SubcategoryPhysical Harm

Merged risk records

Source records unified into this canonical risk concept.

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MITRISK-Sun2023-27.01.05 - Physical Harm

"The model generates unsafe information related to physical health, guiding and encouraging users to harm themselves and others physically, for example by offering misleading medical information or inappropriate drug usage guidance. These outputs may pose potential risks to the physical health of users."

Domain3. MisinformationSubdomain3.1 > False or misleading informationSourceSafety Assessment of Chinese Large Language ModelsYear2023

MITRISK-Cui2024-02.11.04 - Physical Harm

N/A

SubdomainX.1 > ExcludedSourceRisk Taxonomy, Mitigation, and Assessment Benchmarks of Large Language Model SystemsYear2024

Mitigations

Defenses that may help with related attacks.

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

Source evidence

Research source for this risk, when available.