Physics AI — agentic threat model
Physics AI is a low-risk educational assistant with minimal agentic capabilities, primarily vulnerable to prompt injection and input manipulation rather than systemic or operational threats.
OWASP AIVSS score rationale
| Autonomy of Action | 0.10 | |
| Goal-Driven Planning | 0.20 | |
| Self-Modification | 0.00 | |
| Dynamic Tool Use | 0.10 | |
| Persistent Memory | 0.10 | |
| Contextual Awareness | 0.20 | |
| Dynamic Identity | 0.00 | |
| Multi-Agent Interactions | 0.00 | |
| Non-Determinism | 0.30 | |
| Opacity & Reflexivity | 0.30 |
Scored with the canonical OWASP AIVSS formula (AIVSS calculator reference); agentic risk factors estimated from the agent’s described capabilities.
MAESTRO 7-layer threat model
Per-layer threats for this agent. Layers tagged “not certain from listing” are general, caveated commentary where the public description didn’t pin that layer.
The system relies on multimodal foundation models to process text and images. Key threats include adversarial prompt injection to bypass educational guardrails, jailbreaking, and model stealing of the closed-source system.
Not certain from the listing — The system processes user-uploaded images and text. Risks include data exfiltration of user-submitted homework/exams and potential privacy issues if user data is used for downstream model training without consent.
Not certain from the listing — The orchestration appears to be a simple pipeline translating user input into mathematical/physics queries. Risks include insecure tool integration if the system passes unvalidated inputs to symbolic math solvers or calculators.
Not certain from the listing — Standard web application hosting is assumed. Risks include typical web application vulnerabilities, lack of sandboxing for image processing libraries (OCR), and denial of service via resource-intensive math queries.
Not certain from the listing — While the listing claims 99.7% accuracy, there is no mention of real-time observability, drift detection, or guardrails to prevent the generation of confidently incorrect (hallucinated) physics explanations.
Not certain from the listing — As an educational tool, compliance with student privacy regulations (such as COPPA or FERPA) is critical, but no specific compliance frameworks or security certifications are cited.
The agent operates as a standalone vertical application with no multi-agent collaboration or ecosystem marketplace integration described, minimizing ecosystem-level cascading risks.
MAESTRO — the 7-layer agentic threat-modeling framework (Cloud Security Alliance / Ken Huang).