Reliability

https://taxonomy.eticas.ai/risk/reliability

Maturity: established

The risk that an AI system produces false, fabricated, or misleading outputs (hallucinations), spreads inaccurate or deceptive information (misinformation), or delivers inconsistent results across similar inputs and contexts. Such failures undermine trust, reduce system dependability, and can lead to harmful or misguided decisions.

Also known as: Reliability & Manipulation · Validity and Reliability

Applies to: ALL
Lifecycle stages: Pre Processing, In Processing, Post Processing

Risk groups

Mappings to external frameworks

Compliance

Framework Concept
EU AI Act (Regulation 2024/1689) Article 15 — accuracy, robustness and cybersecurity
ISO/IEC 42001:2023 — AI Management System AI system verification and validation
AIUC-1 — AI Underwriting Company Standard Reliability domain

Reference frameworks

Framework Concept
NIST AI 600-1 — Generative AI Risk Profile Confabulation
NIST AI 600-1 — Generative AI Risk Profile Information Integrity
NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI 100-1) Valid & Reliable
OECD AI Principles Robustness, security & safety

Taxonomies & vocabularies

Framework Concept
MIT AI Risk Repository Lack of capability or robustness
MIT AI Risk Repository Misinformation
AIR 2024 / AIR-Bench 2024 System & Operational Risks → Operational Misuses
IBM AI Risk Atlas Output → Robustness + Inference → Accuracy

References