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6. Socioeconomic and Environmental2 - Post-deployment

Power

The concentration of military, economic, or political power of entities in possession or control of AI or AI-enabled technologies.

Source: MIT AI Risk Repositorymit1042

ENTITY

1 - Human

INTENT

1 - Intentional

TIMING

2 - Post-deployment

Risk ID

mit1042

Domain lineage

6. Socioeconomic and Environmental

262 mapped risks

6.1 > Power centralization and unfair distribution of benefits

Mitigation strategy

1. Mandate the implementation of **decentralized AI governance frameworks** that distribute control and decision-making power across multiple independent entities (e.g., government, private sector competitors, civil society) to actively counter the consolidation of military, economic, and political influence. 2. Establish rigorous, independent **multi-stakeholder audit and disclosure requirements** for all frontier AI models and critical infrastructure dependencies to ensure transparency, identify secret loyalties, and prevent the exclusive access to power-centralizing capabilities. 3. Institute **economic and regulatory mechanisms** that actively promote the **equitable distribution of AI-derived economic benefits** (e.g., through benefit-sharing models) to alleviate AI-driven economic stratification and undermine the accumulation of resources by a limited number of powerful entities.