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ArticlePatterns (New York, N.Y.)2026

The AI risk repository: A meta-review, database, and taxonomy of risks from artificial intelligence.

Peter Slattery, Alexander K Saeri, Emily A C Grundy, Jess Graham, Michael Noetel, Risto Uuk, James Dao, Soroush Pour, Stephen Casper, Neil Thompson

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Article in Patterns (New York, N.Y.), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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13citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. AI-Augmented Clearinghouse to Facilitate Evidence-Based Decision-Making and Social Spending: a Conceptual Framework.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2026
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  10. Frontier AI developers need an internal audit function.Risk analysis : an official publication of the Society for Risk Analysis · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Peter SlatteryMIT FutureTech, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Alexander K SaeriMIT FutureTech, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Emily A C GrundyMIT FutureTech, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Jess GrahamMIT FutureTech, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Michael NoetelMIT FutureTech, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Risto UukFuture of Life Institute, 1040 Brussels, Belgium.
James DaoHarmony Intelligence, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Soroush PourHarmony Intelligence, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Stephen CasperComputer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Neil ThompsonMIT FutureTech, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The risks posed by artificial intelligence (AI) concern academics, auditors, policymakers, AI companies, and the public. Researchers, policymakers, and technology companies discuss AI risks using inconsistent terminology-the same word may describe different problems, while different words describe identical concerns. This fragmentation impedes coordinated responses to AI challenges. We address this by creating the AI Risk Repository: a living database of 1,725 risks extracted from 74 existing taxonomies and frameworks. We organize these risks using two complementary classification systems. The Causal Taxonomy classifies risks by their origins: which entity causes them (human or AI), whether intentional, and when they occur (before or after deployment). The Domain Taxonomy classifies risks by their effects across seven areas, from discrimination and privacy violations to misinformation and weapons development. This shared reference enables more coordinated approaches to discussing, researching, auditing, and governing AI systems across sectors and jurisdictions.

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AI governanceAI safetymachine-learning governancerisk assessmentsocietal impact of AI

Identifiers

PMID42130940
PMCPMC13161690

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