Summary of Robin: Robust and Invisible Watermarks For Diffusion Models with Adversarial Optimization, by Huayang Huang et al.
ROBIN: Robust and Invisible Watermarks for Diffusion Models with Adversarial Optimization
by Huayang Huang, Yu Wu, Qian Wang
First submitted to arxiv on: 6 Nov 2024
Categories
- Main: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The paper proposes a novel approach to generative content watermarking, which balances robustness and concealment by introducing an active hiding process. The method implants a robust watermark in an intermediate diffusion state and then guides the model to hide it in the final generated image using an adversarial optimization algorithm. This allows for the embedding of stronger watermarks while minimizing artifacts in the generated image. Experiments on various diffusion models show that the proposed watermark remains verifiable even under significant image tampering, outperforming other robust watermarking methods. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The paper is about making sure that pictures and videos made by computers are authentic and not changed or copied without permission. The authors want to find a way to add a secret code, called a watermark, to the pictures and videos so they can be verified later. They tried different ways to do this and found that if they make the watermark strong enough, it will be hard to hide it. So, they came up with a new method that adds the watermark at an early stage of creating the picture or video, then makes sure it stays hidden until it’s needed. This way, the watermark is very strong but also very hard to find. The authors tested this method and found that it works well, even if someone tries to change the picture or video. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Diffusion » Embedding » Optimization
