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Incident 576: Alleged Misuse of PicSo AI for Generating Inappropriate Content Emphasizing "Girls"

Description: PicSo AI, which appears to be getting advertised by Meta over Instagram, is allegedly being used for generating inappropriate content with an emphasis on "girls." This raises concerns about the misuse of generative AI technologies for creating offensive and potentially sexually explicit material that could be used for nefarious and criminal purposes.

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Alleged: PicSo AI developed an AI system deployed by Meta and Instagram, which harmed Potentially exploited groups , General public and Consumers.

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Incident ID
576
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2023-10-24
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CSETv1, MIT

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576

Notes (special interest intangible harm)

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4.3 and 4.4 - PicSo emphasizes "girls." Although the AI images do not specify what age the people in the images are, the AI has harmful applications.

Special Interest Intangible Harm

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yes

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2023

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A further 23 subdomains create an accessible and understandable classification of hazards and harms associated with AI
 

1.2. Exposure to toxic content

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The Domain Taxonomy of AI Risks classifies risks into seven AI risk domains: (1) Discrimination & toxicity, (2) Privacy & security, (3) Misinformation, (4) Malicious actors & misuse, (5) Human-computer interaction, (6) Socioeconomic & environmental harms, and (7) AI system safety, failures & limitations.
 
  1. Discrimination and Toxicity

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Human

Timing

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Post-deployment

Intent

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Intentional

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Truly disgusting PicSo_ ai, and thanks Meta/Instagram for advertising it right along with my NBA and F1 memes.

Obviously #generativeAI is going to devolve into all kinds of pornography applications, but Picso's emphasis on "girls" is quite …

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