11 papers
The Great Data Standoff: Researchers vs. Platforms Under the Digital Services Act
Catalina Goanta, Savvas Zannettou, Rishabh Kaushal +6
To facilitate accountability and transparency, the Digital Services Act (DSA) sets up a process through which Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs) need to grant vetted researchers a…
Misinformation Span Detection in Videos via Audio Transcripts
Breno Matos, Rennan C. Lima, Savvas Zannettou +2
Online misinformation is one of the most challenging issues lately, yielding severe consequences, including political polarization, attacks on democracy, and public health risks. M…
Setting the Course, but Forgetting to Steer: Analyzing Compliance with GDPR's Right of Access to Data by Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube
Sai Keerthana Karnam, Abhisek Dash, Antariksh Das +6
The GDPR's Right of Access aims to empower users with control over their personal data via Data Download Packages (DDPs). However, their effectiveness is often compromised by incon…
Understanding LLM Behavior When Encountering User-Supplied Harmful Content in Harmless Tasks
Junjie Chu, Yiting Qu, Ye Leng +4
Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly trained to align with human values, primarily focusing on task level, i.e., refusing to execute directly harmful tasks. However, a sub…
The Algorithmic Self-Portrait: Deconstructing Memory in ChatGPT
Abhisek Dash, Soumi Das, Elisabeth Kirsten +6
To enable personalized and context-aware interactions, conversational AI systems have introduced a new mechanism: Memory. Memory creates what we refer to as the Algorithmic Self-po…
Bowling with ChatGPT: On the Evolving User Interactions with Conversational AI Systems
Sai Keerthana Karnam, Abhisek Dash, Krishna P. Gummadi +3
Recent studies have discussed how users are increasingly using conversational AI systems, powered by LLMs, for information seeking, decision support, and even emotional support. Ho…