On the Robustness of Watermarking for Autoregressive Image Generation

arXiv:2604.11720v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The proliferation of autoregressive (AR) image generators demands reliable detection and attribution of their outputs to mitigate misinformation, and to filter synthetic images from training data to prevent model collapse. To address this need, watermarking techniques, specifically designed for AR models, embed a subtle signal at generation time, enabling downstream verification through a corresponding watermark detector. In this work, we study t