@article{alignmentimprintzeroshotaigeneratedtextd, title = {Alignment Imprint: Zero-Shot AI-Generated Text Detection via Provable Preference Discrepancy}, author = {Junxi Wu and Kailin Huang and Dongjian Hu and Bin Chen and Hao Wu and Shu-Tao Xia and Changliang Zou}, year = {2026}, eprint = {2604.16923}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.16923}, }