MR-061 Model & system behaviour System scope

Over-refusal and excessive safety filtering

Overly restrictive safety tuning causes the system to refuse benign requests, degrading utility.

Risk family: Model & system behaviour
MIT domain: 7. AI System Safety, Failures, & Limitations
MIT subdomain: 7.3 > Lack of capability or robustness
AI type: GPAI
Scope: System
Source standard: MIT AI Risk Repository v4

Provenance

Source standard

MIT AI Risk Repository v4

Source frameworks

Gipiškis2024

ISO/IEC references

23894 obj A.9; src 7 | 42001 ctrl A.6.2.4

Framework crosswalk

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Sourcesframeworks that contributed to the register

ISO 238941

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

ISO 420011

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

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