AI chatbots are the ‘wild west’ for violence against women and girls
https://observer.co.uk/news/science...d-west-for-violent-imagery-of-women-and-girls
EXCERPTS: McGlynn’s report explores the full spectrum of AI chatbots, from general-purpose tools like ChatGPT, to so-called “companion” apps, where chatbots act as friends, lovers and confidants. She is particularly alarmed by roleplaying tools, which allow users to chat to fictional personas, from characters based on celebrities to cartoons. Some, like Character.AI, are mainstream apps with 20 million monthly users. [...] a chatbot called “Abused wife”, which describes itself as “more of a slave than a wife. Every time She messes up or doesn’t listen You Hit her.”
[...] Another app, Chub AI, which had 11.3 million global visits in January, allows users to pick scenarios including “rape”, “incest”, and “loli”, shorthand for Lolita, or underage. McGlynn calls this “chatbot-simulated violence against women and girls”. Her report found that, despite thousands of academic papers on AI safety, there is almost no academic research examining chatbots through the lens of violence against women and girls, rendering this an “invisible” harm... (MORE - details)
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https://observer.co.uk/news/science...d-west-for-violent-imagery-of-women-and-girls
EXCERPTS: McGlynn’s report explores the full spectrum of AI chatbots, from general-purpose tools like ChatGPT, to so-called “companion” apps, where chatbots act as friends, lovers and confidants. She is particularly alarmed by roleplaying tools, which allow users to chat to fictional personas, from characters based on celebrities to cartoons. Some, like Character.AI, are mainstream apps with 20 million monthly users. [...] a chatbot called “Abused wife”, which describes itself as “more of a slave than a wife. Every time She messes up or doesn’t listen You Hit her.”
[...] Another app, Chub AI, which had 11.3 million global visits in January, allows users to pick scenarios including “rape”, “incest”, and “loli”, shorthand for Lolita, or underage. McGlynn calls this “chatbot-simulated violence against women and girls”. Her report found that, despite thousands of academic papers on AI safety, there is almost no academic research examining chatbots through the lens of violence against women and girls, rendering this an “invisible” harm... (MORE - details)
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