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FakeParts: A New Family of AI-Generated DeepFakes (arxiv.org)
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In plain words: FakeParts are videos where only a small piece — a face, object, or background — is edited while the rest stays real; 81,000 labeled videos test detectors on them. People spotted partial fakes up to 26% less often than fully fake ones, and detectors slipped too.

Abstract · FakeParts: a New Family of AI-Generated DeepFakes

We introduce FakeParts, a new class of deepfakes characterized by subtle, localized manipulations to specific spatial regions or temporal segments of otherwise authentic videos. Unlike fully synthetic content, these partial manipulations - ranging from altered facial expressions to object substitutions and background modifications - blend seamlessly with real elements, making them particularly deceptive and difficult to detect. To address the critical gap in detection, we present FakePartsBench, the first large-scale benchmark specifically designed to capture the full spectrum of partial deepfakes. Comprising over 81K (including 44K FakeParts) videos with pixel- and frame-level manipulation annotations, our dataset enables comprehensive evaluation of detection methods. Our user studies demonstrate that FakeParts reduces human detection accuracy by up to 26% compared to traditional deepfakes, with similar performance degradation observed in state-of-the-art detection models. This work identifies an urgent vulnerability in current detectors and provides the necessary resources to develop methods robust to partial manipulations.

Ziyi Liu, Firas Gabetni, Awais Hussain Sani, Xi Wang, Soobash Daiboo, Gaetan Brison, Gianni Franchi, Vicky Kalogeiton
arXiv:2508.21052 · cs.CV, cs.AI, cs.MM · submitted Aug 28, 2025 · updated Dec 19, 2025
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