AI model favors wealthier, western stuff

OpenAI's CLIP performs poorly on images that portray low-income and non-Western lifestyles, research finds.

Kate McAlpine-Michigan • futurity
Dec. 13, 2023 ~6 min

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.

Stefan Milne-U. Washington • futurity
Nov. 30, 2023 ~8 min


What are the problems with deepfake porn?

"Deepfake porn" is on the rise. Here's how it harms the people it purports to depict.

Hailey Reissman - Penn • futurity
July 28, 2023 ~7 min

How kids with autism process visual illusions

Children with autism may perceive visual illusions differently than neurotypical children do, research finds.

Kelsie Smith-Hayduk - U. Rochester • futurity
March 3, 2023 ~5 min

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.

Matt Shipman-NC State • futurity
Feb. 2, 2023 ~7 min

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.

U. Chicago • futurity
July 29, 2022 ~8 min

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?

Sarah McQuate-Washington • futurity
Feb. 24, 2022 ~8 min

These key qualities attract ‘likes’ on Instagram

Feature complexity and design complexity are two key characteristics that bring in likes on Instagram, research finds.

Matt Shipman-NC State • futurity
Jan. 19, 2022 ~6 min


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.

Max Witynski - U. Chicago • futurity
July 19, 2021 ~6 min

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.

Matt Shipman-NC State • futurity
June 3, 2021 ~5 min

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