Summary of Duwak: Dual Watermarks in Large Language Models, by Chaoyi Zhu et al.
Duwak: Dual Watermarks in Large Language Models
by Chaoyi Zhu, Jeroen Galjaard, Pin-Yu Chen, Lydia Y. Chen
First submitted to arxiv on: 12 Mar 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Computation and Language (cs.CL); 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 A novel approach to enhance the efficiency and quality of watermarking large language models (LLMs) is proposed in this paper. The authors introduce Duwak, a technique that embeds dual secret patterns in both token probability distribution and sampling schemes. This design minimizes token repetition and enhances diversity, addressing concerns about expression degradation caused by biasing towards certain tokens. The interdependency of the two watermarks within Duwak is theoretically explained, and the approach is evaluated on Llama2 under various post-editing attacks, outperforming state-of-the-art watermarking techniques in terms of both watermarked text quality and detection efficiency. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Large language models are being used for text generation tasks, but it’s important to make sure they’re not causing harm. Researchers have found ways to embed secret patterns into generated texts, making them detectable by machines. However, the current methods aren’t very efficient or robust against changes made after the text is generated. This paper proposes a new approach called Duwak that improves both efficiency and quality of watermarking. The authors explain how their method works and show it outperforms existing approaches in detecting watermarked texts. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Probability * Text generation * Token
