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ARXIV:2603.26167 · AI WATERMARKING · SUBMITTED 30 MAR · 20:30 UTC · FRESHNESS STALE
ARXIV:2603.26167AI WATERMARKINGSUBMITTED 30 MAR · 20:30 UTCFRESHNESS STALEYi Zhang · Hongbo Huang · Liang-Jie Zhang · arXiv
A diffusion model watermarking framework that enables robust tracing and exact bit recovery for AI-generated content.
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Pain A diffusion model watermarking framework that enables robust tracing and exact bit recovery for AI-generated content.
Evidence 28 refs | 4 sources | 83% coverage
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A diffusion model watermarking framework that enables robust tracing and exact bit recovery for AI-generated content. Watermarking is a key defense for tracing and authenticating AI-generated content.
Diffusion models generate high-quality images but pose serious risks like copyright violation and disinformation. Watermarking is a key defense for tracing and authenticating AI-generated content.
ScienceToStartup currently rates this 7.0/10 on the public viability pass. However, existing methods rely on threshold-based detection, which only supports fuzzy matching and cannot recover structured watermark data bit-exactly, making them unsuitable for offline…
AI Watermarking moved forward this cycle; last verified April 2026. Public score 7.0/10. Implementation evidence is present through a linked repository.
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A diffusion model watermarking framework that enables robust tracing and exact bit recovery for AI-generated content.
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10.48550/arXiv.2603.26167A diffusion model watermarking framework that enables robust tracing and exact bit recovery for AI-generated content.
Abstract
Diffusion models generate high-quality images but pose serious risks like copyright violation and disinformation. Watermarking is a key defense for tracing and authenticating AI-generated content. However, existing methods rely on threshold-based detection, which only supports fuzzy matching and cannot recover structured watermark data bit-exactly, making them unsuitable for offline verification or applications requiring lossless metadata (e.g., licensing instructions). To address this problem, in this paper, we propose Gaussian Shannon, a watermarking framework that treats the diffusion process as a noisy communication channel and enables both robust tracing and exact bit recovery. Our method embeds watermarks in the initial Gaussian noise without fine-tuning or quality loss. We identify two types of channel interference, namely local bit flips and global stochastic distortions, and design a cascaded defense combining error-correcting codes and majority voting. This ensures reliable end-to-end transmission of semantic payloads. Experiments across three Stable Diffusion variants and seven perturbation types show that Gaussian Shannon achieves state-of-the-art bit-level accuracy while maintaining a high true positive rate, enabling trustworthy rights attribution in real-world deployment. The source code have been made available at: https://github.com/Rambo-Yi/Gaussian-Shannon
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partial28 refs; 4 sources; 83% coverage.
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PROBLEM
A diffusion model watermarking framework that enables robust tracing and exact bit recovery for AI-generated content. Watermarking is a key defense for tracing and authenticating AI-generated content.
METHOD
Diffusion models generate high-quality images but pose serious risks like copyright violation and disinformation. Watermarking is a key defense for tracing and authenticating AI-generated content.
RESULT
ScienceToStartup currently rates this 7.0/10 on the public viability pass. However, existing methods rely on threshold-based detection, which only supports fuzzy matching and cannot recover structured watermark data bit-exactly, making them unsuitable for offline verification or...
WHY NOW
AI Watermarking moved forward this cycle; last verified April 2026. Public score 7.0/10. Implementation evidence is present through a linked repository.
enables both robust tracing and exact bit recovery.
The abstract explicitly states this as a key advantage over existing methods and the figure illustrates the concept of exact bit recovery.
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Our method embeds watermarks in the initial Gaussian noise without fine-tuning or quality loss.
This is a direct statement in the abstract describing the embedding process.
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and design a cascaded defense combining error-correcting codes and majority voting.
The abstract and the overview figure clearly describe the cascaded defense mechanism.
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Gaussian Shannon achieves state-of-the-art bit-level accuracy while maintaining a high true positive rate
The abstract makes this claim, and Figure 7 provides experimental results demonstrating high bit accuracy under various perturbations.
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Gaussian Shannon achieves state-of-the-art bit-level accuracy while maintaining a high true positive rate
Figure 7 explicitly shows high TPR values across different noise types and intensities, and the abstract mentions a high TPR.
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Ours 0.3557/0.3588/0.360424.62/24.41/24.42
Table 2 shows the CLIP Score and FID for Gaussian Shannon alongside other methods, indicating competitive performance.
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However, existing methods rely on threshold-based detection, which only supports fuzzy matching and cannot recover structured watermark data bit-exactly
This is a direct statement in the abstract outlining the limitations of prior art, which the proposed method aims to overcome.
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existing methods rely on threshold-based detection, which only supports fuzzy matching and cannot recover structured watermark data bit-exactly
The abstract explicitly states this as a key advantage over existing methods and the figure illustrates the concept of exact bit recovery.
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Our method embeds watermarks in the initial Gaussian noise without fine-tuning or quality loss.
This is a core technical claim made in the abstract and illustrated in the framework overview.
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Experiments across three Stable Diffusion variants and seven perturbation types show that Gaussian Shannon achieves state-of-the-art bit-level accuracy
The abstract makes this claim, and the experimental results section (Figure 7) provides extensive data supporting high bit accuracy under various perturbations.
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we design a cascaded defense combining error-correcting codes and majority voting. This ensures reliable end-to-end transmission of semantic payloads.
The abstract and the framework overview (Figure 3) clearly describe the use of LDPC encoding and cascaded defense mechanisms.
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Gaussian Shannon achieves state-of-the-art bit-level accuracy while maintaining a high true positive rate
The abstract states this, and Figure 7 visually demonstrates high TPR alongside high BitAcc across various noise types and intensities.
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A diffusion model watermarking framework that enables robust tracing and exact bit recovery for AI-generated content.
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