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Focuses on deliberate misuse of AI by bad actors, including large-scale disinformation campaigns, AI-enabled cyberattacks and weapons development, and targeted fraud, scams, and manipulation. These risks arise from intentional exploitation of AI capabilities for harmful purposes.
Incident volume relative to governance coverage; each dot is one of 7 domains
of the 272 AI experts surveyed named disinformation, surveillance, and influence at scale one of the three AI risks they are most concerned about over the next five years (2025–2030).
average probability experts placed on harm from disinformation, surveillance, and influence at scale reaching catastrophic levels (>1M deaths, >$100B loss, or civilization-scale damage) within five years, falling to 7.1% with pragmatic mitigations.
With pragmatic mitigations
Average severity falls from severe to substantial.
Entity
Who or what caused the harm
Intent
Whether the harm was intentional or accidental
Timing
Whether the risk is pre- or post-deployment
Scammers used AI to create deepfake videos of Italian TV journalist Safiria Leccese offering fraudulent personal loans, leading to financial losses for multiple victims who believed the fake content.
Developers: Deepfake Technology Developers, Voice Cloning Technology Developers
Deployers: Scammers
Scammers used AI voice cloning technology to impersonate a woman's daughter, claiming she was kidnapped by a Mexican drug cartel, and successfully defrauded the mother of $5,400 through wire transfers.
Developers: Deepfake Technology Developers, Voice Cloning Technology Developers
Deployers: Scammers, Fake Kidnapping Scammers
Two men, Cornelius Shannon and Arturo Hernandez, were arrested for using AI to create and distribute non-consensual deepfake pornography of celebrities and private individuals, with their content receiving millions of views online.
Developers: Deepfake Technology Developers
Deployers: Arturo Hernandez, Deepfake Creators
Directs the Committee on National Security Systems, Secretary of War, and Homeland Security to prioritize AI-enabled cyber defense. Establishes AI cybersecurity clearinghouse. Develops classified benchmarking for AI models. Enhances AI capacity to protect against illegal computer access and exploitation.
Establishes the Artificial Intelligence Futures Steering Committee by April 1, 2026, under the Secretary of Defense. Directs it to develop policies for AI adoption, assess AI trajectories, and analyze AI risks and adversary developments. Requires quarterly meetings and a report to U.S. Congress by January 31, 2027.
Prohibits the Department of Defense and its contractors from using covered artificial intelligence (AI) developed covered AI companies within 30 days of enactment. Allows Secretary of Defense to issue waivers for research or national security purposes with necessary risk mitigation steps. Provides definitions of covered AI systems, companies, and nations.
353 classified mentions from 83 companies.
Browse all 353 mentions →Each metric scaled to 0–100% of its peak across all 24 subdomains, so you can compare relative standing across different scales.
