Tell-Tale Watermarks for Explanatory Reasoning in Synthetic Media Forensics

ArXi:2509.05753v2 Announce Type: replace-cross The rise of synthetic media has blurred the boundary between reality and fabrication under the evolving power of artificial intelligence, fueling an infodemic that erodes public trust in cyberspace. For digital imagery, a multitude of editing applications further complicates the forensic analysis, including semantic edits that alter content, photometric adjustments that recalibrate colour characteristics, and geometric projections that reshape viewpoints.