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Bias Amplification in Stable Diffusion's Representation of Stigma Through Skin Tones and Their Homogeneity
Kyra Wilson, Sourojit Ghosh, Aylin Caliskan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.17465

Bias Amplification in Stable Diffusion's Representation of Stigma Through Skin Tones and Their Homogeneity
Text-to-image generators (T2Is) are liable to produce images that perpetuate social stereotypes, especially in regards to race or skin tone. We use a comprehensive set of 93 stigmatized identities to determine that three versions of Stable Diffusion (v1.5, v2.1, and XL) systematically associate stigmatized identities with certain skin tones in generated images. We find that SD XL produces skin tones that are 13.53% darker and 23.76% less red (both of which indicate higher likelihood of societal…

Kiesewetter dämpft Erwartungen an Trump-Treffen
Bei den heutigen Gesprächen in Washington über eine Friedenslösung für die Ukraine geht es nach Ansicht des CDU-Außenpolitikers Roderich Kiesewetter vor allem um "Schadensbegrenzung". "Es geht jetzt also darum, dass nicht über Europa verhandelt wird und es geht darum, dass der Aggressor nicht belohnt wird. Gegenwärtig wird Putin belohnt", sagte Kiesewe…
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Krieg gegen die Ukraine: Worüber aktuell geredet wird
Waffenruhe, Gebietsabtretungen, Sicherheitsgarantien, "Koalition der Willigen" - diese und andere Begriffe werden derzeit in den Gesprächen um ein Ende des Kriegs gegen die Ukraine viel diskutiert. Was es mit ihnen auf sich hat.

The CHEOPS view of HD 95338b: refined transit parameters, and a search for exomoons
Sz. K\'alm\'an, A. E. Simon, A. Deline, Sz. Csizmadia, Gy. M. Szab\'o, D. Ehrenreich, T. G. Wilson, M. N. G\"unther, A. Heitzmann, S. G. Sousa, M. Farnir, A. Bonfanti, A. M. S. Smith, A. P\'al, G. Scandariato, V. Adibekyan, A. Brandeker, S. Charnoz, B. Akinsanmi, S. C. C. Barros, X. Song, Y. Alibert, R. Alonso, T. B\'arczy, D. Barrado Navascues, W. Baumjohann, W. Benz, N. Billot…

The CHEOPS view of HD 95338b: refined transit parameters, and a search for exomoons
Despite the ever-increasing number of known exoplanets, no uncontested detections have been made of their satellites, known as exomoons. The quest to find exomoons is at the forefront of exoplanetary sciences. Certain space-born instruments are thought to be suitable for this purpose. We show the progress made with the CHaracterizing ExOPlanets Satellite (CHEOPS) in this field using the HD 95338 planetary system. We present a novel methodology as an important step in the quest to find exomoons.…

Stands to Reason: Investigating the Effect of Reasoning on Idiomaticity Detection
Dylan Phelps, Rodrigo Wilkens, Edward Gow-Smith, Thomas Pickard, Maggie Mi, Aline Villavicencio
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.13365

Stands to Reason: Investigating the Effect of Reasoning on Idiomaticity Detection
The recent trend towards utilisation of reasoning models has improved the performance of Large Language Models (LLMs) across many tasks which involve logical steps. One linguistic task that could benefit from this framing is idiomaticity detection, as a potentially idiomatic expression must first be understood before it can be disambiguated and serves as a basis for reasoning. In this paper, we explore how reasoning capabilities in LLMs affect idiomaticity detection performance and examine the …

DEU:
Ich hatte gestern ein Gespräch mit nem Mitstudenten der mit mir zusammen vor 1,5 Jahren den B.Eng. IT-Forensik gemacht hat.
Ausgebildeter Anwendungsentwickler (FI AE), Arbeitet schon ewig für ne riesige Bank. Dann das Studium auf Eigenregie weil Interesse. Hat einen der besten Abschlüsse des Jahrgangs gemacht.
Er wandte sich an mich, weil der PC (Win 10, ca. 10 Jahre alt) eines Nachbarn nicht mehr bootet.
Er is aus allen Wolken gefallen als ich meinte, er soll di…

Development and testing of integrated readout electronics for next generation SiSeRO (Single electron Sensitive Read Out) devices
Tanmoy Chattopadhyay, Haley R. Stueber, Abigail Y. Pan, Sven Herrmann, Peter Orel, Kevan Donlon, Steven W. Allen, Marshall W. Bautz, Michael Cooper, Catherine E. Grant, Beverly LaMarr, Christopher Leitz, Andrew Malonis, Eric D. Miller, R. Glenn Morris, Gregory Prigozhin, Ilya Prigozhin, Artem Poliszczuk, Keith Warner, Daniel R. Wilkins

Development and testing of integrated readout electronics for next generation SiSeRO (Single electron Sensitive Read Out) devices
The first generation of Single electron Sensitive Read Out (SiSeRO) amplifiers, employed as on-chip charge detectors for charge-coupled devices (CCDs) have demonstrated excellent noise and spectral performance: a responsivity of around 800 pA per electron, an equivalent noise charge (ENC) of 3.2 electrons root mean square (RMS), and a full width half maximum (FWHM) energy resolution of 130 eV at 5.9 keV for a readout speed of 625 Kpixel/s. Repetitive Non Destructive Readout (RNDR) has also been…

Das ging gerade an die CDU-Bundestagsfraktion. Und mit der zusätzlichen Frage, wo die Gegenwehr und das Rückgrat der SPD bleibt, auch an diese.

Fast, low noise CCD systems for future strategic x-ray missions
Haley R. Stueber, Abigail Y. Pan, Tanmoy Chattopadhyay, Steven W. Allen, Marshall W. Bautz, Kevan Donlon, Catherine E. Grant, Sven Herrmann, Beverly J. LaMarr, Andrew Malonis, Eric D. Miller, R. Glenn Morris, Peter Orel, Artem Poliszczuk, Gregory Y. Prigozhin, Daniel R. Wilkins
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Fast, low noise CCD systems for future strategic x-ray missions
Future strategic X-ray missions, such as the Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS) and those targeted by the Great Observatories Maturation Program (GOMaP), require fast, low-noise X-ray imaging spectrometers. To achieve the speed and noise capabilities required by such programs, the X-ray Astronomy and Observational Cosmology (XOC) Group at Stanford, in collaboration with the MIT Kavli Institute (MKI) and MIT Lincoln Laboratory (MIT-LL), is developing readout systems that leverage the high s…

Ground calibration plans for the AXIS high speed camera
Catherine E. Grant, Eric D. Miller, Marshall W. Bautz, Jill Juneau, Beverly J. LaMarr, Andrew Malonis, Gregory Y. Prigozhin, Christopher W. Leitz, Steven W. Allen, Tanmoy Chattopadhyay, Sven Herrmann, R. Glenn Morris, Abigail Y. Pan, Artem Poliszczuk, Haley R. Stueber, Daniel R. Wilkins
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Ground calibration plans for the AXIS high speed camera
The Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS), an astrophysics NASA probe mission currently in phase A, will provide high-throughput, high-spatial resolution X-ray imaging in the 0.3 to 10 keV band. We report on the notional ground calibration plan for the High Speed Camera on AXIS, which is being developed at the MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research using state-of-the-art CCDs provided by MIT Lincoln Laboratory in combination with an integrated, high-speed ASIC readout chip fr…

Design, development, and commissioning of a flexible test setup for the AXIS prototype detector
Abigail Y. Pan, Haley R. Stueber, Tanmoy Chattopadhyay, Steven W. Allen, Marshall W. Bautz, Kevan Donlon, Catherine E. Grant, Sven Hermann, Beverly LaMarr, Andrew Malonis, Eric D. Miller, Glenn Morris, Peter Orel, Artem Poliszczuk, Gregory Prigozhin, Dan Wilkins
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Design, development, and commissioning of a flexible test setup for the AXIS prototype detector
The Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS) is one of two candidate mission concepts selected for Phase-A study for the new NASA Astrophysics Probe Explorer (APEX) mission class, with a planned launch in 2032. The X-ray camera for AXIS is under joint development by the X-ray Astronomy and Observational Cosmology (XOC) Group at Stanford, the MIT Kavli Institute (MKI), and MIT Lincoln Laboratory (MIT-LL). To accelerate development efforts and meet the AXIS mission requirements, XOC has developed …