arXiv AI
1d ago

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 AI
Jun 30

Data Provenance for Image Auto-Regressive Generation

arXiv:2606. 28386v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Image autoregressive models (IARs) have recently demonstrated remarkable capabilities in visual content generation, achieving photorealistic quality and rapid synthesis through the next-token prediction paradigm adapted from large language models.

By Bihe Zhao, Louis Kerner, Michel Meintz, Tameem Bakr, Franziska Boenisch, Adam Dziedzic
arXiv AI
Jun 26

Perception, Verdict, and Evolution: Hindsight-Driven Self-Refining Forensics Agent for AI-Generated Image Detection

arXiv:2606. 26552v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The rapid advancement of generative models presents a significant challenge to existing deepfake detection methods, particularly given the widespread dissemination of highly realistic AI-generated images.

By Yangjun Wu, Keyu Yan, Yu Liu, Jingren Zhou, Fei Huang, Rong Zhang, Zhou Zhao, Fei Wu
arXiv AI
Aug 28

High-Fidelity Face Content Recovery via Tamper-Resilient Versatile Watermarking

The paper introduces VeriFi, a watermarking framework that protects face images from AI‑generated manipulation. It embeds a compact semantic latent watermark to preserve content, localizes pixel‑level edits without explicit payloads, and simulates realistic deepfake attacks to improve robustness. Experiments on CelebA‑HQ and FFHQ show that VeriFi outperforms existing methods in robustness, localization accuracy, and recovery quality.

By Peipeng Yu, Jinfeng Xie, Chengfu Ou, Xiaoyu Zhou, Jianwei Fei, Yunshu Dai, Zhihua Xia, Chip Hong Chang