Methods and trends in detecting AI-generated images: A comprehensive review Article

Mahara, Arpan, Rishe, Naphtali. (2026). Methods and trends in detecting AI-generated images: A comprehensive review . 60 10.1016/j.cosrev.2026.100908

cited authors

  • Mahara, Arpan; Rishe, Naphtali

authors

publication date

  • May 1, 2026

keywords

  • CNN
  • Computer Science
  • Computer Science, Information Systems
  • Computer Science, Software Engineering
  • Computer Science, Theory & Methods
  • Cross-domain detection
  • Cross-model generalization
  • Cross-scene analysis
  • Diffusion models
  • Fingerprint analysis
  • Forensic image detection
  • Frequency domain analysis
  • Generative adversarial networks
  • Patch-based detection
  • Science & Technology
  • Synthetic image identification
  • Technology
  • Vision-language models (VLMs)

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

publisher

  • ELSEVIER

volume

  • 60