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DF26: We Cannot Tell Fake From Real Anymore

arXiv · AI, language, vision and robotics · article · Sep 7, 2026 · UTC

We introduce DF26, a novel benchmark for detecting AI-generated videos containing fully synthetic clips produced by recent text-to-video and image-to-video models. The videos capture single-person public-speaking scenarios, spanning direct-to-camera recordings, official statements, and studio interviews - 271 real and 2,420 synthetic videos generated by seven modern video models. The study on DF26 shows that human performance in detecting AI-generated videos, as well as state-of-the-art deepfake detectors, is close to random chance. Our results highlight the limitations of current evaluation p

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