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New Cross-AUC metric offers realistic evaluation for deepfake detectors

Researchers have introduced a new metric called Cross-AUC to better evaluate the performance of deepfake detectors. Traditional methods using Area Under the ROC Curve (AUC) can be misleading when detectors encounter data from different sources or varying artifact types. Cross-AUC addresses this by averaging per-domain AUCs with a measure of prediction polarization, quantified by the Wasserstein Distance, to more realistically assess generalization capabilities under domain shifts. Experiments on seven benchmark datasets indicate that Cross-AUC provides a more interpretable and practical evaluation of deepfake detection robustness. AI

IMPACT This new metric could lead to more robust deepfake detection systems by providing a more realistic assessment of their performance across diverse data sources.

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  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Dat Nguyen, Cosmin Radoi, Romain Hermary, Marcella Astrid, Nesryne Mejri, Enjie Ghorbel, Djamila Aouada ·

    When AUC Misleads: Polarization-Aware Evaluation of Deepfake Detectors under Domain Shift

    arXiv:2606.19184v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Recent advances in generative AI, such as diffusion models and face-swapping tools, have enabled the creation of highly realistic deepfakes, leading to real-world harms including financial fraud and non-consensual explicit content…

  2. arXiv cs.CV TIER_1 English(EN) · Djamila Aouada ·

    When AUC Misleads: Polarization-Aware Evaluation of Deepfake Detectors under Domain Shift

    Recent advances in generative AI, such as diffusion models and face-swapping tools, have enabled the creation of highly realistic deepfakes, leading to real-world harms including financial fraud and non-consensual explicit content. In response, deepfake detection has become an ac…