The paper introduces a self-referential retrosynthesis framework for explainable AI provenance forensics that works with fixed generative models. It uses a jointly optimized encoder-decoder pair to embed client inputs, allowing the generator to produce high-fidelity outputs while enabling round-trip consistency checks. The method eliminates the need for watermarking or generator modifications and provides interpretable evidence linking generated images back to their source inputs.
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.
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