AI Priority Risk View

Severity × Likelihood Heatmap

Compare risks by expected severity and likelihood of serious harm. Features interactive mitigation effects visualization showing how pragmatic interventions could reduce risk levels across all categories.

Each row shows a risk, and each column shows the percentage of expert responses falling into different severity levels (from negligible to catastrophic). The color intensity reflects concentration. The “Avg” column provides a summary score. Read across a row to understand how experts distribute their expectations.

AI Ecosystem Actors

Understanding the framework used in this survey helps interpret the expert prioritization results. The following relevant sections explain the criteria experts used to assess risks, the AI ecosystem actors evaluated, and the industry sectors analyzed.

Affected Stakeholder

AI Infrastructure Provider

AI Governance Actor

AI User

AI Deployer

AI Developer (Specialized AI)

AI Developer (General-Purpose AI)

Industry Sectors

The survey evaluated vulnerability across 14 major industry sectors based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). The following relevant sectors are:

National Security

Public Administration excluding National Security

Accommodation, Food, and Other Services

Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation

Health Care and Social Assistance

Educational Services

Management, Administrative, and Support Services

Scientific Research and Development Services

Professional and Technical Services

Real Estate and Rental and Leasing

Finance and Insurance

Information

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities

Agriculture, Mining, Construction and Manufacturing

Explore Other Risk Priorities

Click through the links below to explore each priority risk.

Actor Vulnerability Matrix

Vulnerability patterns across the AI value chain showing which actor types (developers, users, etc.) are most exposed to each risk. Critical for understanding risk distribution in the AI ecosystem.

Sector Vulnerability Matrix

Sector-specific vulnerability assessments revealing which industries face the greatest exposure to each risk Enables targeted guidance: "I'm in the healthcare sector — which AI risks should I focus on?"

Actor Responsibility Matrix

Expert consensus mapping responsibility for addressing each risk category across the AI ecosystem. Enables accountability frameworks and helps organizations understand their role in AI risk management.

Expert Concern Rankings

Top AI risks ranked by expert concern levels, featuring qualitative reasoning and commentary from the expert panel. Understand which risks experts believe deserve the most attention and why.

Severity × Likelihood Scatterplot

Interactive matrix showing expert assessments of harm severity probabilities for all 24 AI risks. Explore detailed probability distributions across five severity levels with sortable views and expert commentary.