arXiv AI
Sep 3

Retrosynthesis of Synthetic Media for Explainable AI Provenance Forensics

The paper introduces a self‑referential retrosynthesis framework for explainable AI provenance forensics that works with fixed‑generator generative models. It uses a jointly optimized encoder‑decoder pair to embed client inputs, generate high‑fidelity outputs, and then verify provenance by comparing the resynthesized image to the original query. The method eliminates the need for watermarking or generator modifications while providing interpretable evidence of a model’s output origin.

By Yijie Lin, Ching-Chun Chang, Isao Echizen, Hui Li, Chin-Chen Chang
arXiv Computer Vision
Aug 31

Abstract4D: A Large-Scale Dataset and Framework for Understanding the Visual Language of Abstract Art

Abstract4D is the largest dataset of abstract paintings, containing over 120,000 images with rich metadata and multi‑dimensional prompts that capture perceptual attributes such as form, color, texture, and composition. The dataset is annotated via a hybrid human–VLM pipeline to ensure quality and consistency. Using Abstract4D, the authors analyze the semantic structure of abstract art through large‑scale embedding visualization and establish benchmark tasks for classification, cross‑modal retrieval, and text‑to‑image generation to evaluate AI models’ perception and reproduction of abstract visual language.

By Haowei Zhang, Yuanpei Zhao, Ji-Zhe Zhou, Mao Li