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Recent advances in diffusion models have enabled the creation of deceptively real images, posing significant security risks when misused. In this study, we empirically show that different timesteps of DDIM inversion reveal varying subtle…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-29 Yixin Wu , Feiran Zhang , Tianyuan Shi , Ruicheng Yin , Zhenghua Wang , Zhenliang Gan , Xiaohua Wang , Changze Lv , Xiaoqing Zheng , Xuanjing Huang

Diffusion models are able to produce AI-generated images that are almost indistinguishable from real ones. This raises concerns about their potential misuse and poses substantial challenges for detecting them. Many existing detectors rely…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-02 Xinyi Qi , Kai Ye , Chengchun Shi , Ying Yang , Hongyi Zhou , Jin Zhu

Adversarial attacks involve adding perturbations to the source image to cause misclassification by the target model, which demonstrates the potential of attacking face recognition models. Existing adversarial face image generation methods…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-12-29 Decheng Liu , Xijun Wang , Chunlei Peng , Nannan Wang , Ruiming Hu , Xinbo Gao

One of the key challenges of detecting AI-generated images is spotting images that have been created by previously unseen generative models. We argue that the limited diversity of the training data is a major obstacle to addressing this…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-06-11 Jeongsoo Park , Andrew Owens

In recent years, diffusion models have achieved tremendous success in the field of image generation, becoming the stateof-the-art technology for AI-based image processing applications. Despite the numerous benefits brought by recent…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-08-08 Derui Zhu , Dingfan Chen , Jens Grossklags , Mario Fritz

Recent progress in generative models has made it easier for a wide audience to edit and create image content, raising concerns about the proliferation of deepfakes, especially in healthcare. Despite the availability of numerous techniques…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-22 Fred Grabovski , Lior Yasur , Guy Amit , Yisroel Mirsky

Recently, detecting AI-generated images produced by diffusion-based models has attracted increasing attention due to their potential threat to safety. Among existing approaches, reconstruction-based methods have emerged as a prominent…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-15 Haoyang Jiang , Mingyang Yi , Shaolei Zhang , Junxian Cai , Qingbin Liu , Xi Chen , Ju Fan

Diffusion models have achieved remarkable success in image synthesis, but the generated high-quality images raise concerns about potential malicious use. Existing detectors often struggle to capture discriminative clues across different…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-04 Daichi Zhang , Tong Zhang , Shiming Ge , Sabine Süsstrunk

The rapid advancement of generative image technology has introduced significant security concerns, particularly in the domain of face generation detection. This paper investigates the vulnerabilities of current AI-generated face detection…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-05-07 Sun Haoxuan , Hong Yan , Zhan Jiahui , Chen Haoxing , Lan Jun , Zhu Huijia , Wang Weiqiang , Zhang Liqing , Zhang Jianfu

Recent advancements in diffusion models have enabled high-fidelity and photorealistic image generation across diverse applications. However, these models also present security and privacy risks, including copyright violations, sensitive…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-06-10 Jiacheng Shi , Yanfu Zhang , Huajie Shao , Ashley Gao

Recent advances in GAN and diffusion models have significantly improved the realism and controllability of facial deepfake manipulation, raising serious concerns regarding privacy, security, and identity misuse. Proactive defenses attempt…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-04-03 Yue Li , Linying Xue , Kaiqing Lin , Hanyu Quan , Dongdong Lin , Hui Tian , Hongxia Wang , Bin Wang

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) refers to algorithms that create synthetic but realistic output. Diffusion models currently offer state of the art performance in generative AI for images. They also form a key component in more…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-12-27 Catherine F. Higham , Desmond J. Higham , Peter Grindrod

Generative AI models have recently achieved astonishing results in quality and are consequently employed in a fast-growing number of applications. However, since they are highly data-driven, relying on billion-sized datasets randomly…

From its acquisition in the camera sensors to its storage, different operations are performed to generate the final image. This pipeline imprints specific traces into the image to form a natural watermark. Tampering with an image disturbs…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-01-17 Matías Tailanian , Marina Gardella , Álvaro Pardo , Pablo Musé

Suspect face generation remains a technical challenge in crime investigations. Traditional sketch-drawing workflows suffer from low efficiency and quality, while diffusion-based approaches still face intrinsic limitations on conditional…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-04 Weichen Liu , Yixin Yang , Changsheng Chen , Alex Kot

Adversarial attacks from generative models often produce low-quality images and require substantial computational resources. Diffusion models, though capable of high-quality generation, typically need hundreds of sampling steps for…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-22 Susim Roy , Anubhooti Jain , Mayank Vatsa , Richa Singh

The rapid progress in deep generative models has led to the creation of incredibly realistic synthetic images that are becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish from real-world data. The widespread use of Variational Models, Diffusion…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-01-13 Anant Mehta , Bryant McArthur , Nagarjuna Kolloju , Zhengzhong Tu

The rapid progression of generative AI (GenAI) technologies has heightened concerns regarding the misuse of AI-generated imagery. To address this issue, robust detection methods have emerged as particularly compelling, especially in…

Graphics · Computer Science 2025-04-07 Hongfei Cai , Chi Liu , Sheng Shen , Youyang Qu , Peng Gui

The burgeoning field of camouflaged object detection (COD) seeks to identify objects that blend into their surroundings. Despite the impressive performance of recent models, we have identified a limitation in their robustness, where…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-04-13 Xue-Jing Luo , Shuo Wang , Zongwei Wu , Christos Sakaridis , Yun Cheng , Deng-Ping Fan , Luc Van Gool

Diffusion models are known for generating high-quality images, causing serious security concerns. To combat this, most efforts rely on deep neural networks (e.g., CNNs and Transformers), while largely overlooking the potential of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-16 Mengxin Fu , Yuezun Li