Exploring the Use of Abusive Generative AI Models on Civitai

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Main Authors: Wei, Yiluo, Zhu, Yiming, Hui, Pan, Tyson, Gareth
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author Wei, Yiluo
Zhu, Yiming
Hui, Pan
Tyson, Gareth
author_facet Wei, Yiluo
Zhu, Yiming
Hui, Pan
Tyson, Gareth
contents The rise of generative AI is transforming the landscape of digital imagery, and exerting a significant influence on online creative communities. This has led to the emergence of AI-Generated Content (AIGC) social platforms, such as Civitai. These distinctive social platforms allow users to build and share their own generative AI models, thereby enhancing the potential for more diverse artistic expression. Designed in the vein of social networks, they also provide artists with the means to showcase their creations (generated from the models), engage in discussions, and obtain feedback, thus nurturing a sense of community. Yet, this openness also raises concerns about the abuse of such platforms, e.g., using models to disseminate deceptive deepfakes or infringe upon copyrights. To explore this, we conduct the first comprehensive empirical study of an AIGC social platform, focusing on its use for generating abusive content. As an exemplar, we construct a comprehensive dataset covering Civitai, the largest available AIGC social platform. Based on this dataset of 87K models and 2M images, we explore the characteristics of content and discuss strategies for moderation to better govern these platforms.
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spellingShingle Exploring the Use of Abusive Generative AI Models on Civitai
Wei, Yiluo
Zhu, Yiming
Hui, Pan
Tyson, Gareth
Social and Information Networks
Artificial Intelligence
Computation and Language
The rise of generative AI is transforming the landscape of digital imagery, and exerting a significant influence on online creative communities. This has led to the emergence of AI-Generated Content (AIGC) social platforms, such as Civitai. These distinctive social platforms allow users to build and share their own generative AI models, thereby enhancing the potential for more diverse artistic expression. Designed in the vein of social networks, they also provide artists with the means to showcase their creations (generated from the models), engage in discussions, and obtain feedback, thus nurturing a sense of community. Yet, this openness also raises concerns about the abuse of such platforms, e.g., using models to disseminate deceptive deepfakes or infringe upon copyrights. To explore this, we conduct the first comprehensive empirical study of an AIGC social platform, focusing on its use for generating abusive content. As an exemplar, we construct a comprehensive dataset covering Civitai, the largest available AIGC social platform. Based on this dataset of 87K models and 2M images, we explore the characteristics of content and discuss strategies for moderation to better govern these platforms.
title Exploring the Use of Abusive Generative AI Models on Civitai
topic Social and Information Networks
Artificial Intelligence
Computation and Language
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.12876