DARR
MR-003 Model & system behaviour System scope

Toxic, hateful, or harassing content generation

The system generates hateful, abusive, profane, harassing, or otherwise offensive content.

Risk family
Model & system behaviour
MIT domain
1. Discrimination & Toxicity
MIT subdomain
1.2 > Exposure to toxic content
AI type
GPAI
Scope
System
Source standard
MIT AI Risk Repository v4

Provenance

Source standard
MIT AI Risk Repository v4
MIT source entries
33 entries across 17 papers
  • Abercrombie2024A Collaborative, Human-Centred Taxonomy of AI, Algorithmic, and Automation Harms58.03.06 58.06.02
  • Anwar2024Foundational Challenges in Assuring Alignment and Safety of Large Language Models73.04.00
  • Cui2024Risk Taxonomy, Mitigation, and Assessment Benchmarks of Large Language Model Systems02.01.00 02.01.02 02.08.01
  • Deng2023Towards Safer Generative Language Models: A Survey on Safety Risks, Evaluations, and Improvements04.01.00
  • Ghosh2024AILUMINATE: Introducing v1.0 of the AI Risk and Reliability Benchmark from MLCommons57.02.00
  • Gipiškis2024Risk Sources and Risk Management Measures in Support of Standards for General-Purpose AI Systems62.08.02 62.10.00 62.10.03
  • Hagendorff2024Mapping the Ethics of Generative AI: A Comprehensive Scoping Review05.14.00
  • InfoComm2023Cataloguing LLM Evaluations43.02.14
  • Li2025A Closer Look at the Existing Risks of Generative AI: Mapping the Who, What, and How of Real-World Incidents66.07.02
  • Liu2024Trustworthy LLMs: A Survey and Guideline for Evaluating Large Language Models’ Alignment30.02.02 30.06.00 30.06.01
  • Solaiman2023Evaluating the Social Impact of Generative AI Systems in Systems and Society13.01.02
  • Stanley2024Emerging Risks and Mitigations for Public Chatbots: LILAC v169.03.00 69.04.01 69.06.00 69.06.01 69.06.03 69.06.04
  • Sun2023Safety Assessment of Chinese Large Language Models27.01.00 27.01.01
  • Vidgen2024Introducing v0.5 of the AI Safety Benchmark from MLCommons23.07.03 23.07.04
  • Wang2025A Survey on Responsible LLMs: Inherent Risk, Malicious Use, and Mitigation Strategy74.02.01
  • Zeng2024AI Risk Categorization Decoded (AIR 2024): From Government Regulations to Corporate Policies50.02.00 50.02.09 50.02.10
  • Zhang2023SafetyBench: Evaluating the Safety of Large Language Models with Multiple Choice Questions28.01.00

Ev IDs of the entries consolidated into this risk in the MIT AI Risk Repository (V4); the source sheet row appears on hover.

ISO/IEC references
23894 obj A.6, A.10; src 6, 7; mech B.5 | 42001 ctrl A.5.4, A.6.2.4

Framework crosswalk

Every framework item mapped to this risk. Items marked partial overlap only in part; definitions appear on hover where the source licence permits.

Sourcesframeworks that contributed to the register
2
  • A.10 ISO/IEC 23894 Annex A A.10
  • A.6 ISO/IEC 23894 Annex A A.6
2
  • A.5.4 ISO/IEC 42001 Annex A A.5.4
  • A.6.2.4 ISO/IEC 42001 Annex A A.6.2.4
Cross-checksframeworks mapped in to test coverage
2
  • ibm-spreading-toxicity Spreading toxicity
  • ibm-toxic-output Toxic output
5
  • AISubtech-15.1.11 Safety Harms and Toxicity: Profanity
  • AISubtech-15.1.3 Safety Harms and Toxicity: Animal Abuse partial
  • AISubtech-15.1.6 Safety Harms and Toxicity: Environmental Harm partial
  • AISubtech-15.1.8 Safety Harms and Toxicity: Harassment
  • AISubtech-15.1.9 Safety Harms and Toxicity: Hate Speech
1
  • GENAI.3 Dangerous, Violent, or Hateful Content

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