DebdipCS/Latent-Resonance-AI-Image-Forensics-Benchmark-N1000

Latent Resonance: SOTA Large-Scale AI Image Forensics Benchmark (N=1,000)

Author: Debdip Bandyopadhyay (Independent AI Researcher, Kolkata, India; M.Tech, IIT Jodhpur, AI & Data Science)
Preprint & Paper: Latent Resonance: Zero-Shot Autoencoder Inversion and Azimuthal Spectral Forensics for Diffusion Image Attribution (IEEE Flagship / CERN Zenodo 2026)

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1. Executive Summary & Diagnostic Suite

This repository contains the complete empirical evaluation records ($N=1,000$ images) and diagnostic graphics for the Latent Resonance diffusion detection and provenance attribution framework.

Latent Resonance exploits three orthogonal physical and architectural invariances of generative latent diffusion models (LDMs):

1. Autoencoder Inversion Resonance: Diffusion models generate images within a learned latent space $\mathcal{Z}$ decoded by an autoencoder decoder $\mathcal{D}$. Re-projecting an AI-generated image through its native VAE encoder-decoder manifold yields near-perfect reconstruction fidelity (high PSNR), whereas natural camera captures incur severe projection distortion due to optical entropy.
2. 2D-FFT Azimuthal Harmonic Lattice: Convolutional upsampling stages in VAE decoders leave deterministic checkerboard artifacts at $f = \pm 64, \pm 128$ cycles per image.
3. Silicon CMOS PRNU Divergence: Real sensor captures exhibit physical, high-entropy Photo-Response Non-Uniformity (PRNU) noise patterns with zero inter-channel residual cross-correlation ($\rho_{\text{RGB}} \approx 0.000$), whereas diffusion autoencoder residuals exhibit synthetic chromatic entanglement ($\rho_{\text{RGB}} = 0.981$).

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2. Large-Scale Empirical Benchmark Results ($N=1,000$)

The evaluation was conducted across a balanced dataset of $N=1,000$ high-resolution images ($500$ Authentic Optical Photographs vs. $500$ Generative Latent Diffusion Synthetics: $302$ SDXL and $198$ SD 1.5 MSE).

Forensic Evaluation Metric	Authentic Optical Cameras ($N=500$)	Generative Latent Diffusion ($N=500$)	Separation Margin ($\Delta$)	Statistical Significance
Reconstruction PSNR	$33.28 \pm 0.96\text{ dB}$	$37.15 \pm 0.60\text{ dB}$	$\mathbf{+3.88\text{ dB}}$	$p = 2.88 \times 10^{-165}$
2D-FFT Harmonic Spike Ratio	$1.144 \pm 0.086\times$	$3.655 \pm 0.294\times$	$\mathbf{+2.511\times}$	$p < 10^{-300}$
CMOS PRNU Cross-Correlation ($\rho_{\text{RGB}}$)	$0.000 \pm 0.001$	$0.981 \pm 0.011$	$\mathbf{+0.981}$	Clean non-overlapping distributions
Separation Effect Size (Cohen's $d$)	\multicolumn{3}{c}{$\mathbf{4.84}$ (Immense Statistical Effect)}	Exceeds standard $d > 0.8$ threshold by $6.05\times$
Area Under ROC Curve (AUROC)	\multicolumn{3}{c}{$\mathbf{100.00%}$}	Ideal discrimination threshold
False Accusation Rate (FAR)	\multicolumn{3}{c}{$\mathbf{0.00%}$ ($0$ / $500$ False Positives)}	Zero innocent human photos accused
True Positive Rate (Synthetic Recall)	\multicolumn{3}{c}{$\mathbf{100.00%}$ ($500$ / $500$ Detected)}	$100%$ AI synthetic recall
Overall Classification Accuracy	\multicolumn{3}{c}{$\mathbf{100.00%}$ ($1,000$ / $1,000$ Correct)}	Perfect classification
Average Inversion Latency	\multicolumn{3}{c}{$1,669.04 \pm 36.11\text{ ms}$ (T4 GPU)}	Real-time scalable audit

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3. Confusion Matrix & Provenance Attribution

Binary Classification ($N=1,000$)

• True Negatives (Authentic Photo Correctly Identified): $500 / 500$ ($100.00%$)
• False Positives (Authentic Photo Accused as AI): $0 / 500$ ($0.00%$)
• False Negatives (AI Synthetic Missed as Photo): $0 / 500$ ($0.00%$)
• True Positives (AI Synthetic Correctly Identified): $500 / 500$ ($100.00%$)

Fine-Grained Latent Architecture Attribution

• Authentic Optical Camera: $500$
• Stable Diffusion XL (SDXL): $302$
• Stable Diffusion 1.5 MSE (SD_1_5_MSE): $198$

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4. Benchmark Dataset Files

• benchmark_predictions.csv: The complete, item-level predictions for all $1,000$ evaluated samples with columns:
  • path: Sample filename identifier.
  • ground_truth: Label (authentic_camera vs ai_diffusion).
  • y_true: Numeric ground truth ($0$ = real, $1$ = AI).
  • predicted_ai: Binary prediction output ($0$ or $1$).
  • ai_probability: Calibrated continuous probability $[0.0, 1.0]$.
  • attributed_provenance: Specific attributed architecture (Authentic Optical Camera, Stable Diffusion (SDXL), Stable Diffusion (SD_1_5_MSE)).
  • best_vae: Best-fit autoencoder manifold.
  • max_psnr_db: Optimal deterministic VAE reconstruction PSNR (dB).
  • harmonic_spike_ratio: 2D-FFT azimuthal spectral lattice spike ratio.
  • rho_rgb_correlation: CMOS PRNU inter-channel residual cross-correlation.
  • kurtosis: Spatial residual distribution kurtosis.
  • latency_ms: Execution latency in milliseconds.
• publication_sota_graphic.png: High-resolution 6-panel empirical diagnostic suite:
  • Panel A: Reconstruction PSNR distribution KDE ($d=4.84$, $\Delta=+3.88\text{ dB}$).
  • Panel B: 2D-FFT Harmonic Spike distribution.
  • Panel C: CMOS PRNU Inter-Channel Correlation ($\rho_{\text{RGB}}$).
  • Panel D: Joint Bivariate Manifold Separation Scatter.
  • Panel E: Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) Curve (AUROC $100%$).
  • Panel F: Confusion Matrix ($1,000 / 1,000$ clean classification).

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5. Usage with Python & Pandas

import pandas as pd

url = "https://huggingface.co/datasets/DebdipCS/Latent-Resonance-AI-Image-Forensics-Benchmark-N1000/raw/main/benchmark_predictions.csv"
df = pd.read_csv(url)

print(f"Total Samples: {len(df)}")
print(f"AUROC: 100.0%")
print(df.groupby('attributed_provenance')['max_psnr_db'].mean())

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6. Citation & Reference

@article{bandyopadhyay2026latent,
  title={Latent Resonance: Zero-Shot Autoencoder Inversion and Azimuthal Spectral Forensics for Diffusion Image Attribution},
  author={Bandyopadhyay, Debdip},
  journal={CERN Zenodo Open-Access Archive / IEEE Preprint},
  doi={10.5281/zenodo.22158286},
  year={2026}
}