Cultural Bias in VLMs

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  1. When Models Misread Ink: Auditing VLMs for Arabic Calligraphy Recognition

    Oct 15, 2026Niaz Mohaiman Abtahi, Evan Maksud, Reyana ShahidCultural Bias in VLMsVLM Evaluation

    Advanced AI Lab Limited · United International University

  2. When the Judge Acts: Auditing VLM-Guided Image Selection on Culturally Situated Prompts

    Oct 1, 2026Huichan SeoVLM EvaluationLLM-as-a-Judge

    Independent Researcher

  3. Prompt Revision as a Source of Cultural Bias in Text-to-Image Systems

    Sep 10, 2026Aleksandra Urman, Elsa Lichtenegger, Salima Jaoua +7T2I GenerationCultural Bias in Language Models

    University of Zurich · University of Helsinki · ETH Zurich +1

  4. Mitigating Bias in Large Vision-Language Models via Counterfactual Ensemble Decoding

    Aug 12, 2026Yisong Xiao, Aishan Liu, Yongxin Huang +6Cultural Bias in VLMsVision-Language Models

    State Key Lab of Software Development Environment, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China

  5. Same Chart, Different Story: Bias in Vision-Language Chart Interpretation

    Aug 12, 2026Mizanur Rahman, Huan Wu, Arash Asgari +2Cultural Bias in VLMsVLM Evaluation

    York University · Vector Institute · Connected Minds

  6. DeepBias: Adaptive In-depth Probing of Social Biases in LVLMs

    Jul 13, 2026Anqi Li, Jie Zhang, Zhongqi Wang +4VLM EvaluationCultural Bias in VLMs

  7. Selective Test-Time Debiasing for CLIP via Reward Gating

    Jul 1, 2026Jaeho Han, Jisoo Yang, Hyeondong Woo +3Debiased MLVLM Adaptation

    Department of Artificial Intelligence, Chung-Ang University

  8. Vision-Language Models Suppress Female Representations Under Ambiguous Input

    May 29, 2026Arnau Marin-Llobet, Simon Henniger, Mahzarin R. BanajiVLM EvaluationVLM Interpretability

    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences · Department of Psychology

  9. Edu-MMBias: A Three-Tier Multimodal Benchmark for Auditing Social Bias in Vision-Language Models under Educational Contexts

    Apr 11, 2026Ruijia Li, Mingzi Zhang, Zengyi Yu +2Cultural Bias in VLMsVLM Evaluation

    School of Computer Science and Technology, East China Normal University · Shanghai Institute of Artificial Intelligence for Education, East China Normal University · Faculty of Education, East China Normal University

  10. Cross-Cultural Value Attribution in Large Vision-Language Models

    Apr 10, 2026Phillip Howard, Xin Su, Kathleen C. FraserVLM EvaluationCounterfactual Evaluation of VLMs

    Thoughtworks · University of Ottawa

  11. SEM: Sparse Embedding Modulation for Post-Hoc Debiasing of Vision-Language Models

    Mar 19, 2026Quentin Guimard, Federico Bartsch, Simone Caldarella +3Cultural Bias in VLMsVision-Language Models

    University of Trento · Toyota Motor Europe · Fondazione Bruno Kessler

  12. A Closed-Form Solution for Debiasing Vision-Language Models with Utility Guarantees Across Modalities and Tasks

    Mar 13, 2026Tangzheng Lian, Guanyu Hu, Yijing Ren +2Cultural Bias in VLMsAlgorithmic Fairness

    King’s College London · Queen Mary University of London

  13. Cultural Counterfactuals: Evaluating Cultural Biases in Large Vision-Language Models with Counterfactual Examples

    Mar 2, 2026Phillip Howard, Xin Su, Kathleen C. FraserVLM EvaluationCounterfactual Evaluation of VLMs

    Thoughtworks · University of Ottawa

  14. Interpretable Debiasing of Vision-Language Models for Social Fairness

    Feb 27, 2026Na Min An, Yoonna Jang, Yusuke Hirota +3Cultural Bias in VLMsVLM Interpretability

    KAIST AI · University of Copenhagen · NVIDIA