AI Reference.

The ways AI assistants, agents, and models get fooled, in plain language, and what DOR does about each one.

Instructions

What an agent is told, and who is allowed to tell it.

AI-I.1

Instructions typed to override an agent

A person types instructions meant to override an agent's rules or extract what it should not share.

DOR's answer

DOR moves authority out of the text and into where it came from, so only instructions from a verified person or system count.

RA-2.3.1

AI-I.2

Hidden instructions in content

Instructions hidden in an email, web page, file, or calendar invite are read by an agent as part of its task.

DOR's answer

DOR separates instructions from data by where they came from, so content an agent reads never gains authority.

RA-2.3.2

AI-I.3

Impostor requests to an agent

A request can claim to come from an executive, a customer, or a known internal system.

DOR's answer

DOR proves who sent it before the agent acts.

RA-2.4.1RA-3.2.1

AI-I.4

Invented orders between agents

In a chain of agents, an instruction can be invented or changed between handoffs.

DOR's answer

DOR verifies every handoff and carries the original sender's proof with it.

RA-2.3.4RA-3.1.2

Data and Knowledge

The documents, search results, and data an agent reads and learns from.

AI-K.1

Poisoned knowledge sources

A planted or altered document in a knowledge base or search result can steer an agent's answers.

DOR's answer

DOR proves where each source came from before it enters the agent's context.

RA-1.4.2RA-6.2.3

AI-K.2

Poisoned training and fine-tuning

Bad examples added to training or fine-tuning data can change a model's behavior.

DOR's answer

DOR ties every contribution to its origin before it is accepted.

RA-1.4.3

AI-K.3

Synthetic media fed to AI

Generated images, voices, or video can enter an AI pipeline as if they were captured.

DOR's answer

DOR checks whether content came from its claimed source and is unaltered, with no original needed.

RA-1.4.4RA-6.2.2

AI-K.4

Manipulated sensor inputs

Inputs to vision and sensing models can be altered between the sensor and the model.

DOR's answer

DOR proves the model's input is the sensor's own.

RA-1.4.1

Tools and Actions

Payments, messages, code, and changes an agent makes in the world.

AI-A.1

Agents acting beyond their authority

An agent can be talked into approving, buying, paying, or deleting.

DOR's answer

DOR holds any consequential action that cannot trace its authority to a verified person.

RA-2.3.3

AI-A.2

Data sent out by a manipulated agent

A manipulated agent can send internal data out through messages, links, or image requests.

DOR's answer

DOR holds outbound actions that trace back to content rather than to a verified instruction.

RA-2.3.2RA-2.3.3

AI-A.3

Unapproved changes to live systems

Coding and operations agents can change or delete live systems.

DOR's answer

DOR requires verified authority and a recorded reason for every change.

RA-2.4.2RA-4.1.4

AI-A.4

Stolen agent credentials

Keys and tokens taken from an agent let an attacker act as that agent.

DOR's answer

DOR verifies the agent itself, beyond the credential it presents.

RA-3.1.2RA-2.2.1

Models and Supply Chain

The model, the tools around it, and the updates that change both.

AI-M.1

Swapped or modified models

A model can be replaced or changed after approval.

DOR's answer

DOR confirms the model running is the approved one and ties every output to it.

RA-4.2.1RA-4.2.3

AI-M.2

Tampered AI tools and updates

A tampered release of an AI tool or library can spread to every company that installs it.

DOR's answer

DOR verifies each update before installation and confirms what is running afterward.

RA-2.2.2RA-4.1.3

AI-M.3

Backdoored models

A model can carry a hidden trigger that changes its behavior on cue.

DOR's answer

DOR binds every model to its full history, so the cause can be traced and the model held.

RA-4.2.2

Outputs and Accountability

What an AI produced, from what, and who approved it.

AI-R.1

Decisions no one can explain

An AI decision is questioned and no one can show what produced it.

DOR's answer

DOR ties every output to its inputs, model, and instructions, so it can be reviewed and reproduced.

RA-6.1.1

AI-R.2

Altered AI records and logs

Records of what an AI did can be edited or deleted after the fact.

DOR's answer

DOR's record of what each agent received and did cannot be edited or deleted.

RA-6.1.3RA-4.3.2

AI-R.3

Forged or stripped AI labels

Labels saying content was made by AI can be removed or forged.

DOR's answer

DOR makes the origin of an AI output a verified fact instead of a label.

RA-6.1.2

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