Traces of Abuse: How Generative AI Impacts Image-Based Sexual Abuse (IBSA) Investigations

[2608.14616] Traces of Abuse: How Generative AI Impacts Image-Based Sexual Abuse (IBSA) Investigations Skip to main content Search Submit Donate Log in Search arXiv Press Enter to search · Advanced search Computer Science > Computers and Society arXiv:2608.14616 (cs) [Submitted on 10 Jul 2026] Title: Traces of Abuse: How Generative AI Impacts Image-Based Sexual Abuse (IBSA) Investigations Authors: Jasmin Wyss , Anna Neumann , Ivy Turk , Rebekah Overdorf View a PDF of the paper titled Traces of Abuse: How Generative AI Impacts Image-Based Sexual Abuse (IBSA) Investigations, by Jasmin Wyss and 3 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract: The introduction of generative AI (GAI) into the workflow of image-based sexual abuse (IBSA) only worsened the ease of creation and distribution, victimizing more people than ever. We outline how the introduction of generative AI (GAI-IBSA) impacts the creation of traces and the type of reasoning they allow. We illustrate the impact by comparing the forensic traces available in four different IBSA scenarios. We discuss the impacts on the (possibility of) investigation, arguing that the advent of generative AI overall benefits abusers by making perpetration easier, and the perpetrator harder to trace. Comments: Accepted at the "Community Building for Researchers on Generative AI-Facilitated Image-Based Abuse" Workshop at SOUPS 2026 Subjects: Computers and Society (cs.CY) Cite as: arXiv:2608.14616 [cs.CY] (or arXiv:2608.14616v1 [cs.CY] for this version) https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2608.14616 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite Submission history From: Jasmin Wyss [ view email ] [v1] Fri, 10 Jul 2026 22:40:41 UTC (16 KB) Full-text links: Access Paper: View a PDF of the paper titled Traces of Abuse: How Generative AI Impacts Image-Based Sexual Abuse (IBSA) Investigations, by Jasmin Wyss and 3 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) TeX Source view license Current browse context: cs.CY < prev | next > new | recent | 2026-08 Change to browse by: cs References & Citations NASA ADS Google Scholar Semantic Scholar export BibTeX citation Loading... BibTeX formatted citation × loading... Data provided by: Bookmark Bibliographic Tools Bibliographic and Citation Tools Bibliographic Explorer Toggle Bibliographic Explorer ( What is the Explorer? ) Connected Papers Toggle Connected Papers ( What is Connected Papers? ) Litmaps Toggle Litmaps ( What is Litmaps? ) scite.ai Toggle scite Smart Citations ( What are Smart Citations? ) Code, Data, Media Code, Data and Media Associated with this Article alphaXiv Toggle alphaXiv ( What is alphaXiv? ) Links to Code Toggle CatalyzeX Code Finder for Papers ( What is CatalyzeX? ) DagsHub Toggle DagsHub ( What is DagsHub? ) GotitPub Toggle Gotit.pub ( What is GotitPub? ) Huggingface Toggle Hugging Face ( What is Huggingface? ) ScienceCast Toggle ScienceCast ( What is ScienceCast? ) Demos Demos Replicate Toggle Replicate ( What is Replicate? ) Spaces Toggle Hugging Face Spaces ( What is Spaces? ) Spaces Toggle TXYZ.AI ( What is TXYZ.AI? ) Related Papers Recommenders and Search Tools Link to Influence Flower Influence Flower ( What are Influence Flowers? ) Core recommender toggle CORE Recommender ( What is CORE? ) Author Venue Institution Topic About arXivLabs arXivLabs: experimental projects with community collaborators arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners that adhere to them. Have an idea for a project that will add value for arXiv's community? Learn more about arXivLabs . Which authors of this paper are endorsers? | Disable MathJax ( What is MathJax? ) We gratefully acknowledge support from our major funders , member institutions , , and all contributors. About · Help · Contact · Subscribe · Copyright · Privacy · Accessibility · Operational Status (opens in new tab) Major funding support from

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