images
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AI model favors wealthier, western stuff
OpenAI's CLIP performs poorly on images that portray low-income and non-Western lifestyles, research finds.
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AI image generator serves up racial, gender stereotypes
What does a person look like? If you use the popular AI image generator Stable Diffusion to get answers, too frequently you'll see images of light-skinned men.
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What are the problems with deepfake porn?
"Deepfake porn" is on the rise. Here's how it harms the people it purports to depict.
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How kids with autism process visual illusions
Children with autism may perceive visual illusions differently than neurotypical children do, research finds.
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Health stock photos skew too young, light-skinned, rich
It's tough to find health stock photos, particularly free ones, showing darker-skinned people, research finds.
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Mandela Effect test: Which of these images is correct?
Can you pick out the correct version of these famous pop culture icons? If not, that's the Mandela Effect in action.
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Gender bias lingers in these Google image searches
A Google image search for a job title like "CEO" might show more women than in the past, but what if you add a location?
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These key qualities attract ‘likes’ on Instagram
Feature complexity and design complexity are two key characteristics that bring in likes on Instagram, research finds.
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Hand gestures can make this illusion less tricky
The Müller-Lyer illusion, a set of lines or sticks whose lengths appear to vary due to stylized arrow marks, shows the power of gestures in gauging size.
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Method lets AI create better original images
Researchers report a new method for controlling how AI systems create images that meet a specific set of conditions.
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‘Location spoofing’ creates deepfake satellite images
Researchers identify new ways to detect "deepfake geography," warn of the dangers of falsified geospatial data, and call for geographic fact-checking.
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Deep-learning algorithm can de-noise images
A new deep-learning algorithm can de-noise images to reveal otherwise invisible details. Here's how it outdoes other de-noising algorithms.