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Poster

WAVES: Benchmarking the Robustness of Image Watermarks

Bang An · Mucong Ding · Tahseen Rabbani · Aakriti Agrawal · Yuancheng Xu · Chenghao Deng · Sicheng Zhu · Abdirisak Mohamed · Yuxin Wen · Tom Goldstein · Furong Huang


Abstract:

In the burgeoning age of generative AI, watermarks act as identifiers of provenance and artificial content. We present WAVES (Watermark Analysis via Enhanced Stress-testing), a benchmark for assessing image watermark robustness, overcoming the limitations of current evaluation methods. WAVES integrates detection and identification tasks and establishes a standardized evaluation protocol comprised of a diverse range of stress tests. The attacks in WAVES range from traditional image distortions to advanced, novel variations of diffusive, and adversarial attacks. Our evaluation examines two pivotal dimensions: the degree of image quality degradation and the efficacy of watermark detection after attacks. Our novel, comprehensive evaluation reveals previously undetected vulnerabilities of several modern watermarking algorithms. We envision WAVES as a toolkit for the future development of robust watermarks.

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