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The proliferation of AI-generated imagery poses escalating challenges for multimedia forensics, yet many existing detectors depend on assumptions about the internals of specific generative models, limiting their cross-model applicability.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-02 Nan Zhong , Mian Zou , Yiran Xu , Zhenxing Qian , Xinpeng Zhang , Baoyuan Wu , Kede Ma

The rapid development of generative AI has made AI-generated images increasingly realistic and high-resolution. Most AI-generated image detection architectures typically downsample images before inputting them into models, risking the loss…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-05 Lawrence Han

The exponential growth of AI-generated images (AIGIs) underscores the urgent need for robust and generalizable detection methods. In this paper, we establish two key principles for AIGI detection through systematic analysis: (1) All Patches…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-24 Zheng Yang , Ruoxin Chen , Zhiyuan Yan , Ke-Yue Zhang , Xinghe Fu , Shuang Wu , Xiujun Shu , Taiping Yao , Shouhong Ding , Zequn Qin , Xi Li

Detecting AI-generated images remains a significant challenge because detectors trained on specific generators often fail to generalize to unseen models; however, while pixel-level artifacts vary across models, frequency-domain signatures…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-07 Hessen Bougueffa Eutamene , Abdellah Zakaria Sellam , Abdelmalik Taleb-Ahmed , Abdenour Hadid

The pursuit of a universal AI-generated image (AIGI) detector often relies on aggregating data from numerous generators to improve generalization. However, this paper identifies a paradoxical phenomenon we term the Benefit then Conflict…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Ziheng Qin , Yuheng Ji , Renshuai Tao , Yuxuan Tian , Yuyang Liu , Yipu Wang , Xiaolong Zheng

As deep learning technology continues to evolve, the images yielded by generative models are becoming more and more realistic, triggering people to question the authenticity of images. Existing generated image detection methods detect…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-11-03 Xiuli Bi , Bo Liu , Fan Yang , Bin Xiao , Weisheng Li , Gao Huang , Pamela C. Cosman

Advancements in deep generative models such as generative adversarial networks and variational autoencoders have resulted in the ability to generate realistic images that are visually indistinguishable from real images, which raises…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-02-16 Tarik Dzanic , Karan Shah , Freddie Witherden

As generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) advances, the realism of AI generated imagery has reached a threshold capable of deceiving even vigilant human observers. Yet, while current AI-generated Image Detection (AID) approaches perform…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-18 Despina Konstantinidou , Dimitrios Karageorgiou , Christos Koutlis , Olga Papadopoulou , Emmanouil Schinas , Symeon Papadopoulos

The rapid proliferation of AI-generated images (AIGI) presents a significant challenge to digital information integrity. While human observers and existing detection models struggle to keep pace with the increasing sophistication of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Sarra Arab , Anfal Achouri , Seif Eddine Bouziane

In AI-generated image detection, current cutting-edge methods typically adapt pre-trained foundation models through partial-parameter fine-tuning. However, these approaches often struggle to generalize to forgeries from unseen generators,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-05 Yiheng Li , Zichang Tan , Guoqing Xu , Zhen Lei , Xu Zhou , Yang Yang

As the misuse of AI-generated images grows, generalizable image detection techniques are urgently needed. Recent state-of-the-art (SOTA) methods adopt aligned training datasets to reduce content, size, and format biases, empowering models…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-15 Yiheng Li , Yang Yang , Zichang Tan , Gao Li , Zhen Lei , Wenhao Wang

The rapid advancement of generative image models has transformed digital media to the point where AI generated images can no longer be reliably distinguished from authentic photographs by human observers or many conventional detection…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-10 Mohd Ruhul Ameen , Akif Islam

The misuse of AI imagery can have harmful societal effects, prompting the creation of detectors to combat issues like the spread of fake news. Existing methods can effectively detect images generated by seen generators, but it is…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-12-15 Mingjian Zhu , Hanting Chen , Mouxiao Huang , Wei Li , Hailin Hu , Jie Hu , Yunhe Wang

Often machine learning models tend to automatically learn associations present in the training data without questioning their validity or appropriateness. This undesirable property is the root cause of the manifestation of spurious…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-11-17 Preetam Prabhu Srikar Dammu , Chirag Shah

In the realm of industrial manufacturing, product inspection remains a significant bottleneck, with only a small fraction of manufactured items undergoing inspection for surface defects. Advances in imaging systems and AI can allow…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-05 Tapan Ganatma Nakkina , Adithyaa Karthikeyan , Yuhao Zhong , Ceyhun Eksin , Satish T. S. Bukkapatnam

The extraordinary ability of generative models to generate photographic images has intensified concerns about the spread of disinformation, thereby leading to the demand for detectors capable of distinguishing between AI-generated fake…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-06-27 Mingjian Zhu , Hanting Chen , Qiangyu Yan , Xudong Huang , Guanyu Lin , Wei Li , Zhijun Tu , Hailin Hu , Jie Hu , Yunhe Wang

New advancements for the detection of synthetic images are critical for fighting disinformation, as the capabilities of generative AI models continuously evolve and can lead to hyper-realistic synthetic imagery at unprecedented scale and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-04-25 Pantelis Dogoulis , Giorgos Kordopatis-Zilos , Ioannis Kompatsiaris , Symeon Papadopoulos

The rapid proliferation of highly realistic AI-generated images poses serious security threats such as misinformation and identity fraud. Detecting generated images in open-world settings is particularly challenging when they originate from…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-01-19 Li Wang , Wenyu Chen , Xiangtao Meng , Zheng Li , Shanqing Guo

As AI-generated images become increasingly photorealistic, distinguishing them from natural images poses a growing challenge. This paper presents a robust detection framework that leverages multiple uncertainty measures to decide whether to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-23 Rahul Yumlembam , Biju Issac , Nauman Aslam , Eaby Kollonoor Babu , Josh Collyer , Fraser Kennedy

Distinguishing between computer-generated (CG) and natural photographic (PG) images is of great importance to verify the authenticity and originality of digital images. However, the recent cutting-edge generation methods enable high…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-09-08 Qiang Xu , Shan Jia , Xinghao Jiang , Tanfeng Sun , Zhe Wang , Hong Yan