Harmful & Malicious Misuse

https://taxonomy.eticas.ai/risk/security-harmful-misuse

Risks from deliberate misuse of the AI system to generate harmful content, manipulate users, or operate beyond its intended purpose. These risks involve explicit malicious intent (human or otherwise) — distinguishing them from unintentional system failures (which belong under Reliability).

Mappings to external frameworks

Standards & frameworks

Framework Reference
EU AI Act (Regulation 2024/1689) Article 5(1)(a) — prohibited manipulative practices
AIUC-1 — AI Underwriting Company Standard Society domain (cyber misuse + catastrophic misuse)
NIST AI 600-1 — Generative AI Risk Profile Dangerous, Violent or Hateful Content + CBRN + Obscene/Abusive
NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI 100-1) Safe (trustworthy characteristic)

Taxonomies & vocabularies

Framework Reference
MIT AI Risk Repository Malicious Actors & Misuse
AIR 2024 Societal Risks → Manipulation, Deception, Political Usage
IBM AI Risk Atlas Output → Harmful output + Non-technical → Misuse