arXiv AI
Jun 6
Adversarial Agents: Black-Box Evasion Attacks with Reinforcement Learning
arXiv:2503. 01734v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Attacks on machine learning models have been extensively studied through stateless optimization.
SEBA: Sample-Efficient Black-Box Attacks on Visual Reinforcement Learning
SEBA is a sample‑efficient framework for black‑box adversarial attacks on visual reinforcement learning agents. It combines a shadow Q model, a generative adversarial network for imperceptible perturbations, and a world model to simulate dynamics, reducing real‑world queries. Experiments on MuJoCo and Atari show SEBA significantly lowers cumulative rewards while preserving visual fidelity and requiring far fewer environment interactions than previous methods.
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