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This paper analyzes the community safety guidelines of five text-to-image (T2I) generation platforms and audits five T2I models, focusing on prompts related to the representation of humans in areas that might lead to societal stigma. While…

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Evidence shows that text-to-image (T2I) models disproportionately reflect Western cultural norms, amplifying misrepresentation and harms to minority groups. However, evaluating cultural sensitivity is inherently complex due to its fluid and…

Current text-to-image (T2I) benchmarks evaluate models on rigid prompts, potentially underestimating true generative capabilities due to prompt sensitivity and creating biases that favor certain models while disadvantaging others. We…

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Recently, the strong latent Diffusion Probabilistic Model (DPM) has been applied to high-quality Text-to-Image (T2I) generation (e.g., Stable Diffusion), by injecting the encoded target text prompt into the gradually denoised diffusion…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-10-29 Mingyang Yi , Aoxue Li , Yi Xin , Zhenguo Li

This study examines how Large Language Models (LLMs) can reduce biases in text-to-image generation systems by modifying user prompts. We define bias as a model's unfair deviation from population statistics given neutral prompts. Our…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-04-16 René Peinl

While recent text-to-image (T2I) models show impressive capabilities in synthesizing images from brief descriptions, their performance significantly degrades when confronted with long, detail-intensive prompts required in professional…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-14 Qirui Jiao , Daoyuan Chen , Yilun Huang , Xika Lin , Ying Shen , Yaliang Li

Text-to-image (T2I) diffusion models have drawn attention for their ability to generate high-quality images with precise text alignment. However, these models can also be misused to produce inappropriate content. Existing safety measures,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-07 Hongxiang Zhang , Yifeng He , Hao Chen

Note: This paper includes examples of potentially offensive content related to religious bias, presented solely for academic purposes. The widespread adoption of language models highlights the need for critical examinations of their…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-11-06 Ajwad Abrar , Nafisa Tabassum Oeshy , Mohsinul Kabir , Sophia Ananiadou

The incredible generative ability of large-scale text-to-image (T2I) models has demonstrated strong power of learning complex structures and meaningful semantics. However, relying solely on text prompts cannot fully take advantage of the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-03-21 Chong Mou , Xintao Wang , Liangbin Xie , Yanze Wu , Jian Zhang , Zhongang Qi , Ying Shan , Xiaohu Qie

Recent advancements in Text-to-Image (T2I) models have raised significant safety concerns about their potential misuse for generating inappropriate or Not-Safe-For-Work (NSFW) contents, despite existing countermeasures such as NSFW…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-10-31 Yijun Yang , Ruiyuan Gao , Xiao Yang , Jianyuan Zhong , Qiang Xu

Generative AI models like DALL-E 2 can interpret textual prompts and generate high-quality images exhibiting human creativity. Though public enthusiasm is booming, systematic auditing of potential gender biases in AI-generated images…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-13 Luhang Sun , Mian Wei , Yibing Sun , Yoo Ji Suh , Liwei Shen , Sijia Yang

Text-to-Image (T2I) models have shown great performance in generating images based on textual prompts. However, these models are vulnerable to unsafe input to generate unsafe content like sexual, harassment and illegal-activity images.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-12-13 Zongyu Wu , Hongcheng Gao , Yueze Wang , Xiang Zhang , Suhang Wang

Despite the significant advancements in text-to-image (T2I) generative models, users often face a trial-and-error challenge in practical scenarios. This challenge arises from the complexity and uncertainty of tedious steps such as crafting…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-11-27 Chengyou Jia , Changliang Xia , Zhuohang Dang , Weijia Wu , Hangwei Qian , Minnan Luo

Text-and-Image-To-Image (TI2I), an extension of Text-To-Image (T2I), integrates image inputs with textual instructions to enhance image generation. Existing methods often partially utilize image inputs, focusing on specific elements like…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-20 Teng-Fang Hsiao , Bo-Kai Ruan , Yi-Lun Wu , Tzu-Ling Lin , Hong-Han Shuai

Reward models (RMs) are inherently non-neutral value functions designed and trained to encode specific objectives, such as human preferences or text-image alignment. RMs have become crucial components of text-to-image (T2I) generation…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-16 Salma Abdel Magid , Grace Guo , Esin Tureci , Amaya Dharmasiri , Vikram V. Ramaswamy , Hanspeter Pfister , Olga Russakovsky

Text-to-image (T2I) models have significantly advanced in producing high-quality images. However, such models have the ability to generate images containing not-safe-for-work (NSFW) content, such as pornography, violence, political content,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-05-15 Longtian Wang , Xiaofei Xie , Tianlin Li , Yuhan Zhi , Chao Shen

Text-to-image (T2I) diffusion models have shown exceptional capabilities in generating images that closely correspond to textual prompts. However, the advancement of T2I diffusion models presents significant risks, as the models could be…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-21 Jie Ren , Kangrui Chen , Yingqian Cui , Shenglai Zeng , Hui Liu , Yue Xing , Jiliang Tang , Lingjuan Lyu

A person downloading a pre-trained model from the web should be aware of its biases. Existing approaches for bias identification rely on datasets containing labels for the task of interest, something that a non-expert may not have access…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-04-30 Quentin Guimard , Moreno D'Incà , Massimiliano Mancini , Elisa Ricci

Diffusion models have revitalized the image generation domain, playing crucial roles in both academic research and artistic expression. With the emergence of new diffusion models, assessing the performance of text-to-image models has become…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-11-15 Chutian Meng , Fan Ma , Jiaxu Miao , Chi Zhang , Yi Yang , Yueting Zhuang

Text-to-image (T2I) diffusion models, with their impressive generative capabilities, have been adopted for image editing tasks, demonstrating remarkable efficacy. However, due to attention leakage and collision between the cross-attention…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-05-01 Xingxi Yin , Zhi Li , Jingfeng Zhang , Chenglin Li , Yin Zhang