Image generators render false claims as credible visual evidence despite knowing they are false

The authors show that over 70% of false-claim prompts elicit realistic misinformation, and an adaptive attack raises this rate above 95%.

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Zeyu Ye · Yanchun Li · Sibei He · Meng Xie · Hangtao Zhang · Xianlong Wang · +5 more

Xiangtan University · Jinan University · Huazhong University of Science and Technology · City University of Hong Kong · Changsha University of Science and Technology

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The authors introduce EpiReal-Bench, a benchmark of 10,000 false-claim prompts and generated images spanning 10 claim categories and 10 visual formats.

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From City University of Hong Kong and 6 others

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Commercial image generators render over 70% of false claims as credible images; an attack raises this to 95%.

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