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MNW Benchmark Dataset

Microsoft-Northwestern-WITNESS (MNW) benchmark for evaluating AI-generated media and deepfake detection across images, video, and audio.

Notice

This dataset is intended for evaluation purposes only. It cannot be used for training or commercial purposes.

Contents

Folder Description
AI_Images/ AI-generated images from many generators (~15k+ samples)
AI_Video/ AI-generated video samples
Deepfake_Audio/ Deepfake / AI audio samples
Deepfake_Video/ Deepfake video samples
AI_media_in_the_wild/ Real-world suspicious / AI-manipulated media
docs/ Documentation
mnw_ai_images_metadata.parquet Image metadata (path, label, generator name)

Metadata

The parquet file contains 15,250 image entries with columns:

  • path — relative/local file path
  • label — typically fake
  • dataset_name — generator or subset name (e.g. Adobe_Firefly_v2)

Citation

@ARTICLE{11479406,
author={Roca, Thomas and Postiglione, Marco and Gao, Chongyang and Gortner, Isabel and Wojciak, Zuzanna and Wang, Pengce and Alimardani, Mahsa and Anlen, Shirin and White, Kevin and Ferres, Juan Lavista and Kraus, Sarit and Gregory, Sam and Subrahmanian, V. S. and Murugesan, San},
journal={IEEE Intelligent Systems},
title={{The Microsoft-Northwestern-WITNESS Benchmark for Deepfake Detection}},
year={2026},
volume={41},
number={02},
pages={15-23},
doi={10.1109/MIS.2026.3668398}
}

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