3 papers
cs.IR2026
How Generative AI Disrupts Search: An Empirical Study of Google Search, Gemini, and AI Overviews
Riley Grossman, Songjiang Liu, Michael K. Chen +3
Generative AI is being increasingly integrated into web search for the convenience it provides users. In this work, we aim to understand how generative AI disrupts web search by re…
cs.CY2026
Inconsistencies in Classification of Online News Articles: A Call for Common Standards in Brand Safety Services
Michael Smith, Riley Grossman, Antonio Torres-Aguero +3
This study examines inconsistencies in the brand safety classifications of online news articles by analyzing ratings from three leading brand safety providers, DoubleVerify, Integr…
cs.CY2025
Using Salient Object Detection to Identify Manipulative Cookie Banners that Circumvent GDPR
Riley Grossman, Michael Smith, Cristian Borcea +1
The main goal of this paper is to study how often cookie banners that comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) contain aesthetic manipulation, a design tactic to d…