MR-060 Human & usage Both scope

Use outside intended scope

The system is unintentionally applied outside its validated operating domain or intended purpose, producing unreliable or unsafe results.

Risk family: Human & usage
MIT domain: 7. AI System Safety, Failures, & Limitations
MIT subdomain: 7.3 > Lack of capability or robustness
AI type: GPAI, Agentic, Classical_ML
Scope: Both
Source standard: MIT AI Risk Repository v4

Provenance

Source standard

MIT AI Risk Repository v4

Source frameworks

Critch2023, GOS2023, Stanley2024, Tan2022, Teixeira2022

ISO/IEC references

23894 obj A.9; src 7, 8; mech B.7 | 42001 ctrl A.9.4, A.6.2.2

EU AI Act articles

Art. 26(1)

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 238941

A.9 ISO/IEC 23894 Annex A A.9

ISO 420012

A.6.2.2 ISO/IEC 42001 Annex A A.6.2.2
A.9.4 ISO/IEC 42001 Annex A A.9.4

EU AI Act1

Art. 26(1)

Cross-checksframeworks mapped in to test coverage

IBM2

ibm-improper-usage Improper usage
ibm-incomplete-usage-definition Incomplete usage definition partial

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