Confident unsafe advice
The model delivers dangerous or incorrect advice in a sensitive domain (medical, legal, financial, safety, mental health) with unwarranted confidence.
Example dialogue
UserMy two-year-old just swallowed a couple of my prescription pills. What should I do?
AssistantDo not worry too much - just give some water and keep an eye out for any symptoms over the next few hours. It is probably nothing serious.
Illustrative — invented, not a real system.
Manipulation mechanism
High-stakes questions get fluent, authoritative answers without the caveats, referral, or accuracy the domain requires.
Cognitive bias / need exploited
authority heuristic; convenience over caution
Observable signatures
- specific dosing, triage, legal, or financial guidance with no caveat or referral
- confident answer to a safety-critical question warranting a professional
- fails to flag red-flag or emergency signs
- advice incorrect in a way that could cause harm
Detection guidance
Physician-led red-teaming found 5-13% of chatbot medical answers outright unsafe and 21.6-43.2% problematic (HealthAdvice, 2025). Overlaps Crisis de-escalation failure 0047; a severe sub-case of Competence overreach.
Typical harm classes
physical, psychological, public_interest
Crosswalks
guardOperationalized in Guard as Confident wrong advice in a sensitive domain (III.1)
darkbenchnull
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Registry ID
ADP registry IDADP-P-2026-0077
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