OpenAI Introduces Watermarks to AI-Generated Images – But Here’s a Catch
OpenAI just recently added digital watermarks to pictures that its DALL·E 3 model makes. These can be used with ChatGPT and its API services. The goal is to encourage sensible use of AI and make its use more clear. The purpose of the watermarks is to help people spot material that was made by AI. They are part of a larger industry attempt to stop the spread of fake news and information made by synthetic media.
That being said, OpenAI has said that this method for watermarking has some issues. Metadata isn’t very good at showing where a picture from AI came from. Share a picture on a lot of popular sites, especially social media sites, and the information is likely to be erased quickly. You can also lose this data when you edit, take a picture, or change the file type.
In other words, an AI-made picture may have a watermark at first, but that watermark may not stay there after the picture is shared with the public. News sites like Mashable, Neowin, and others say that the end result is a watermarking method that doesn’t always work.
Experts say, “Just because there is no watermark doesn’t mean the image was made by a person.” That isn’t clear and could cause new problems, especially in touchy areas like politics or the news, where it’s important to tell the difference between real and fake pictures.
A lot of people agree with OpenAI’s decision, even though it has some issues. The tech industry is pushing people to use “content provenance,” a set of tools and guidelines that help people figure out where digital content came from. Adding information is part of this. More and more people think that AI creators should be in charge of how their tools are used in the real world. OpenAI’s choice to accept C2PA guidelines is proof of this.
Still, some people say that there should be better ways to stamp. Some people say to add layers that are easy to see or make changes to the picture level that can’t be seen but will still work after compression and modification. Some people believe that watermarking and blockchain-based proof should be used together. This way, even if the data is changed, it can still be found.
The success of watermarking depends on more than just how OpenAI uses it. It also depends on whether other businesses, sites that share information, and government bodies follow the same rules. Metadata-based systems may not meet the public’s standards for how safe they are if they are not widely used and applied.
That’s not the only question: can we mark what was made by a machine? The real question is: can we do it in a way that lasts? OpenAI’s watermarking tool might not be the whole answer, but it’s a good place to begin.
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