Stable Signature is Unstable: Removing Image Watermark from Diffusion Models

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2405.07145v1
• Date: Sun, 12 May 2024 03:04:48 GMT
• Title: Stable Signature is Unstable: Removing Image Watermark from Diffusion Models
• Authors: Yuepeng Hu, Zhengyuan Jiang, Moyang Guo, Neil Gong,
• Abstract summary: We propose a new attack to remove the watermark from a diffusion model by fine-tuning it. Our results show that our attack can effectively remove the watermark from a diffusion model such that its generated images are non-watermarked.
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• Abstract: Watermark has been widely deployed by industry to detect AI-generated images. A recent watermarking framework called \emph{Stable Signature} (proposed by Meta) roots watermark into the parameters of a diffusion model's decoder such that its generated images are inherently watermarked. Stable Signature makes it possible to watermark images generated by \emph{open-source} diffusion models and was claimed to be robust against removal attacks. In this work, we propose a new attack to remove the watermark from a diffusion model by fine-tuning it. Our results show that our attack can effectively remove the watermark from a diffusion model such that its generated images are non-watermarked, while maintaining the visual quality of the generated images. Our results highlight that Stable Signature is not as stable as previously thought.

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