Generative AI Identified as Top Emerging Enterprise Risk in Gartner Survey

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A Gartner survey of 249 senior risk executives in May 2023 found that generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Google Bard are now considered a top emerging risk for enterprises, reflecting growing concerns about their potential impacts, including data privacy, intellectual property, and cybersecurity threats, despite no reported incidents yet.[AI generated]

Why's our monitor labelling this an incident or hazard?

The article discusses generative AI as an emerging risk based on a survey of risk executives, indicating plausible future harms but no realized harm or incident. There is no mention of a specific AI system causing harm or malfunction, nor any direct or indirect harm occurring. Therefore, this qualifies as an AI Hazard, reflecting credible potential risks from AI use in enterprises.[AI generated]
AI principles
Privacy & data governanceRobustness & digital securityAccountabilityTransparency & explainabilityRespect of human rightsSafety

Industries
Business processes and support servicesDigital securityIT infrastructure and hostingGeneral or personal use

Affected stakeholders
Business

Harm types
Human or fundamental rightsEconomic/PropertyReputationalPublic interest

Severity
AI hazard

Business function:
ICT management and information securityCompliance and justice

AI system task:
Content generationInteraction support/chatbots


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Why's our monitor labelling this an incident or hazard?
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Why's our monitor labelling this an incident or hazard?
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