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6. Socioeconomic and Environmental3 - Other

Security

The international and national security threats, including cyber warfare, arms races, and geopolitical instability.

Source: MIT AI Risk Repositorymit1043

ENTITY

3 - Other

INTENT

3 - Other

TIMING

3 - Other

Risk ID

mit1043

Domain lineage

6. Socioeconomic and Environmental

262 mapped risks

6.4 > Competitive dynamics

Mitigation strategy

1. Implement mandatory and standardized Safety Incident Reporting and Security Information Sharing mechanisms across relevant stakeholders to facilitate coordinated defense against emergent AI-enabled threats, such as sophisticated cyber warfare techniques and adversarial attacks, thereby reducing systemic security vulnerabilities. 2. Mandate Third-Party Pre-deployment Model Audits and Comprehensive Risk Assessments to proactively evaluate potential misuse, dangerous capabilities, and adversarial robustness—including those that could accelerate AI arms races or geopolitical instability—before the model's deployment. 3. Establish robust, Risk-Focused Governance Structures (e.g., board risk committees, Chief Risk Officers, multi-party authorization) to ensure clear accountability and cross-functional enforcement of technical and procedural controls, integrating AI risk management into the enterprise-level security framework to mitigate the systemic impacts of security threats.