7 papers
Video Deepfake Abuse: How Company Choices Predictably Shape Misuse Patterns
Max Kamachee, Stephen Casper, Michelle L. Ding +4
In 2022, AI image generators crossed a threshold, enabling much more efficient and dynamic production of photorealistic deepfake images than before. This enabled opportunities for…
The Commodification of AI Sovereignty: Lessons from the Fight for Sovereign Oil
Rui-Jie Yew, Kate Elizabeth Creasey, Taylor Lynn Curtis +1
"Sovereignty" is increasingly a part of national AI policies and strategies. At the same time that "sovereignty" is invoked as a priority for global AI policy, it is also being com…
Anti-Regulatory AI: How "AI Safety" is Leveraged Against Regulatory Oversight
Rui-Jie Yew, Brian Judge
AI companies increasingly develop and deploy privacy-enhancing technologies, bias-constraining measures, evaluation frameworks, and alignment techniques -- framing them as addressi…
Red Teaming AI Policy: A Taxonomy of Avoision and the EU AI Act
Rui-Jie Yew, Bill Marino, Suresh Venkatasubramanian
The shape of AI regulation is beginning to emerge, most prominently through the EU AI Act (the "AIA"). By 2027, the AIA will be in full effect, and firms are starting to adjust the…
Navigating Dialectal Bias and Ethical Complexities in Levantine Arabic Hate Speech Detection
Ahmed Haj Ahmed, Rui-Jie Yew, Xerxes Minocher +1
Social media platforms have become central to global communication, yet they also facilitate the spread of hate speech. For underrepresented dialects like Levantine Arabic, detecti…
You Still See Me: How Data Protection Supports the Architecture of AI Surveillance
Rui-Jie Yew, Lucy Qin, Suresh Venkatasubramanian
Data forms the backbone of artificial intelligence (AI). Privacy and data protection laws thus have strong bearing on AI systems. Shielded by the rhetoric of compliance with data p…