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arXiv AI
Oct 26

Spectra: Multi-Scale Implicit Decomposition for Deepfake Detection

Spectra is a deepfake detection framework that uses implicit neural representations (INRs) to analyze how an image is reconstructed, producing multi-level reconstruction heatmaps. These heatmaps are fused with semantic visual features via a bidirectional mechanism, enabling the model to detect forgery cues that are less tied to specific generation pipelines. Experiments on several deepfake benchmarks show that Spectra outperforms detectors relying only on RGB appearance or semantic representations, and it also extends to face presentation attack detection.

By Dhananjaya Jayasundara, Kartik Narayan, Vishal M. Patel
arXiv Computer Vision
Oct 19

From GAN-Based Models to GPT-5: A Taxonomy-Guided Study of Human Performance in Detecting Deepfake Face Images

The paper introduces the Deepfake Face Artifact Taxonomy (DFAT) and uses it to create both general-purpose and model-specific training materials for detecting deepfake face images. An online experiment with 524 participants tested detection accuracy across five generative models—three GANs, one diffusion model, and one multimodal large language model (GPT‑5)—showing that detection performance varies strongly by model and that model‑specific training yields greater gains than general training. A five‑month follow‑up with 342 participants revealed stable detection accuracy and no increase in perceived stress, suggesting the training’s durability.

By Zhiqing Guo, Lixin Jia, Luning Sun, Xiaowei Chen, Guofeng Yu, Liejun Wang, Gaobo Yang, David Stillwell, Thorsten Holz, Shujun Li
arXiv Computer Vision
Oct 7

Scaling Laws for Deepfake Detection

arXiv:2510.16320v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: This paper presents a systematic study of scaling laws for the deepfake detection task. Specifically, we analyze the model performance against the...

By Wenhao Wang, Jusheng Zhang, Longqi Cai, Taihong Xiao, Yuxiao Wang, Ming-Hsuan Yang