AI RESEARCH

HarmonicAttack: An Adaptive Cross-Domain Audio Watermark Removal

arXiv CS.AI

ArXi:2511.21577v2 Announce Type: replace-cross The availability of high-quality, AI-generated audio raises security challenges such as misinformation campaigns and voice-cloning fraud. A key defense against the misuse of AI-generated audio is by watermarking it, so that it can be easily distinguished from genuine audio. Those seeking to misuse AI-generated audio may attempt to remove audio watermarks, so studying effective watermark removal techniques is critical to objectively evaluate the robustness of audio watermarks.