8 papers
Far-from-equilibrium topological phase transition in one dimension
Ze-Min Huang, Gustav John, Sebastian Diehl
We uncover a mechanism for far-from-equilibrium topological phase transitions, via a one-dimensional compact phase model evolving deterministically from random initial conditions.…
"Unlimited Realm of Exploration and Experimentation": Methods and Motivations of AI-Generated Sexual Content Creators
Jaron Mink, Lucy Qin, Elissa M. Redmiles
AI-generated media is radically changing the way content is both consumed and produced on the internet, and in no place is this potentially more visible than in sexual content. AI-…
Evaluating Concept Filtering Defenses against Child Sexual Abuse Material Generation by Text-to-Image Models
Ana-Maria Cretu, Klim Kireev, Amro Abdalla +5
We evaluate the effectiveness of filtering child images from training datasets of text-to-image models to prevent model misuse to create child sexual abuse material (CSAM). First,…
"Having Confidence in My Confidence Intervals": How Data Users Engage with Privacy-Protected Wikipedia Data
Harold Triedman, Jayshree Sarathy, Priyanka Nanayakkara +4
In response to calls for open data and growing privacy threats, organizations are increasingly adopting privacy-preserving techniques such as differential privacy (DP) that inject…
Stop the Nonconsensual Use of Nude Images in Research
Princessa Cintaqia, Arshia Arya, Elissa M Redmiles +3
In order to train, test, and evaluate nudity detection models, machine learning researchers typically rely on nude images scraped from the Internet. Our research finds that this co…
The Role of Privacy Guarantees in Voluntary Donation of Private Health Data for Altruistic Goals
Ruizhe Wang, Roberta De Viti, Aarushi Dubey +1
The voluntary donation of private health information for altruistic purposes, such as supporting research advancements, is a common practice. However, concerns about data misuse an…