AI RESEARCH
Going PLACES: Participatory Localized Red Teaming for Text-to-Image Safety in the Global South
arXiv CS.AI
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ArXi:2605.19190v1 Announce Type: cross Despite the global deployment of text-to-image (T2I) models, their safety frameworks are largely calibrated to a Western-centric default, creating significant vulnerabilities for the rest of the world. To embrace cultural pluralism and bring historically under-represented perspectives in T2I safety, we conduct localised community-centered red teaming studies in the Global South. Our two-fold approach prioritizes localization and participation, by focusing on secondary urban centers in these regions, and conducting community engagement and.