Continual learning in deepfake detectors widens demographic unfairness over time

Across 11 chronological generators, accuracy-focused continual learning methods mostly exacerbate fairness disparities, and underrepresentation alone does not explain the effect.

Independent
Kajaree Das · Oliver Böse · Subarnaduti Paul · Gabriel Storch · Martin Mundt
Research Digest··2 min read
The authors train deepfake detectors progressively on 11 real-world generators in chronological order, tracking four fairness metrics alongside accuracy.

The authors used the demographically annotated AI-Face repository and arranged 11 deepfake face generation methods in chronological order to simulate the evolving threat landscape.

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Written by Alwyn Sage, research editor. Plate by Ollie Flash, picture desk.

first published 19 Oct, 7:53 am
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