5 papers
Toward a Theory of Value in AI Alignment
Andrew Smart, Shazeda Ahmed, Jackie Kay +3
Can AI systems be aligned to human values? The popularization of large language models (LLMs) and multi-modal foundation models has seen a rise in harms spanning from toxic speech…
Big AI's Regulatory Capture: Mapping Industry Interference and Government Complicity
Abeba Birhane, Riccardo Angius, William Agnew +4
Over the past decade, the AI industry has come to exert an unprecedented economic, political and societal power and influence. It is therefore critical that we comprehend the exten…
Playing Games with My Heart: An Evaluation of AI Companion Apps
Maribeth Rauh, Dick A. H. Blankvoort, Matias Duran +7
The use of chatbots for various forms of companionship is growing rapidly, raising a myriad of questions about simulated relationships, emotional dependence, and psychological harm…
Terms of (Ab)Use: An Analysis of GenAI Services
Harshvardhan J. Pandit, Dick A. H. Blankvoort, Adel Shaaban +2
Generative AI services like ChatGPT and Gemini are some of the fastest-growing consumer services. Individuals using such services must accept their terms of use before access, and…
Towards AI Accountability Infrastructure: Gaps and Opportunities in AI Audit Tooling
Victor Ojewale, Ryan Steed, Briana Vecchione +2
Audits are critical mechanisms for identifying the risks and limitations of deployed artificial intelligence (AI) systems. However, the effective execution of AI audits remains inc…