AI supply chain attack
Tampering with a model, dataset or code library before people download and use it.
For example
A poisoned "free" model file uploaded to a sharing site, which misbehaves after download.
Related terms
- Adversarial example An input changed slightly, often invisibly to people, to fool an AI.
- Adware Malware built specifically to flood a device with unwanted ads.
- Agentic AI An AI system that can take real actions, not just generate text responses.
- Alert fatigue The tendency to ignore warnings after being shown too many false or low-value ones.
- Attachment A file sent along with an email or message.
- Attack surface Everything about a system that could possibly be attacked or misused.