# A Technological Perspective on Misuse of Available AI

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.15325 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2403.15325/

## Key facts

- Cited by 3 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 3 of its 24 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 22 Mar 2024.

## Builds on (most cited first, 3 of 3)

- [Deep Video Portraits](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1805.11714/) (2018)
- [The Malicious Use of Artificial Intelligence: Forecasting, Prevention, and Mitigation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1802.07228/) (2018)
- [Voice Impersonation using Generative Adversarial Networks](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1802.06840/) (2018)

## Built on by (most cited first, 3 of 3)

- [AI Agents Under Threat: A Survey of Key Security Challenges and Future Pathways](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2406.02630/) (2024)
- [Towards Action Hijacking of Large Language Model-based Agent](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2412.10807/) (2024)
- [A Practical Multilevel Governance Framework for Autonomous and Intelligent Systems](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2404.13719/) (2024)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Potential malicious misuse of civilian artificial intelligence (AI) poses serious threats to security on a national and international level. Besides defining autonomous systems from a technological viewpoint and explaining how AI development is characterized, we show how already existing and openly available AI technology could be misused. To underline this, we developed three exemplary use cases of potentially misused AI that threaten political, digital and physical security. The use cases can be built from existing AI technologies and components from academia, the private sector and the developer-community. This shows how freely available AI can be combined into autonomous weapon systems. Based on the use cases, we deduce points of control and further measures to prevent the potential threat through misused AI. Further, we promote the consideration of malicious misuse of civilian AI systems in the discussion on autonomous weapon systems (AWS).