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New Severity Scale for Evaluating Harm in Tool-Using AI Agents

Researchers propose a seven-level ordinal scale to grade the severity of harm caused by AI agents' actions, moving beyond binary attack-success metrics. This rubric assesses the impact of tool-call trajectories to provide more nuanced defense insights.

Topic: AI Agents Source: arXiv · arxiv.org Published 2026-07-08 14:38 UTC Fetched 2026-07-09 05:17 UTC

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Current benchmarks only indicate if an attack succeeded or failed, missing critical information about the harm caused. A graded severity scale helps defenders better understand and mitigate risks posed by compromised AI agents.

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