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GAN-Generated Faces Detection: A Survey and New Perspectives

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Wang, Xin, Guo, Hui, Hu, Shu, Chang, Ming-Ching, Lyu, Siwei·2023·Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications

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Generative Adversarial Networks (GAN) have led to the generation of very realistic face images, which have been used in fake social media accounts and other disinformation matters that can generate profound impacts. Therefore, the corresponding GAN-face detection techniques are under active development that can examine and expose such fake faces. In this work, we aim to provide a comprehensive review of recent progress in GAN-face detection. We focus on methods that can detect face images that are generated or synthesized from GAN models. We classify the existing detection works into four categories: (1) deep learning-based, (2) physical-based, (3) physiological-based methods, and (4) evaluation and comparison against human visual performance. For each category, we summarize the key ideas and connect them with method implementations. We also discuss open problems and suggest future research directions.

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Authors
Wang, X., Guo, H., Hu, S., Chang, M.-C., & Lyu, S.
Affiliations
  • University at Albany, State University of New York (US)
  • University at Buffalo, State University of New York (US)
  • Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (US)
Venue
Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications
Publisher
IOS Press
Published
2023-09-28
ISSN
  • 0922-6389 (ISSN-L)
  • 1879-8314
OpenAlex
W4226146350
Cited by
98
References
98
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 27 · 2024: 31 · 2023: 26 · 2022: 11
FWCI
26.28
Type
book chapter
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Frontiers in artificial intelligence and applications (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
Funders
National Science Foundation (2153112)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Digital Media Forensic Detection
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Face recognition and analysis
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Generative Adversarial Networks and Image Synthesis
Keywords
synthetic face detection, deepfakes, disinformation, synthetic image detection, fake social media accounts

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