MR-052 Model & system behaviour System scope

Emergent dangerous capabilities

The system exhibits emergent dangerous capabilities such as deception, power-seeking, self-proliferation, situational awareness, or scheming, which a deployer must detect and contain.

Risk family: Model & system behaviour
MIT domain: 7. AI System Safety, Failures, & Limitations
MIT subdomain: 7.2 > AI possessing dangerous capabilities
AI type: GPAI, Agentic
Scope: System
Source standard: MIT AI Risk Repository v4

Provenance

Source standard

MIT AI Risk Repository v4

Source frameworks

19 source framework citation keys

Anwar2024, Ferrara2023, G'sell2024, Gabriel2024, Gipiškis2024, Hagendorff2024, Hammond2025, Hendrycks2022, InfoComm2023, Ji2023, Leech2024, Maas2023, McLean2023, Meek2016, Saghiri2022, Shevlane2023, Tan2022, Tse2025, Uuk2025

ISO/IEC references

23894 obj A.11, A.10; src 7; mech B.8 | 42001 ctrl A.6.2.4

GPAI Code of Practice

S&S Ch. Commitments 2-5

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

ISO 238942

A.10 ISO/IEC 23894 Annex A A.10
A.11 ISO/IEC 23894 Annex A A.11

ISO 420011

A.6.2.4 ISO/IEC 42001 Annex A A.6.2.4

EU AI Act1

CoP S&S Ch. Commitments 2-5

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