OpenAI to Add Watermarks on ChatGPT's Text Outputs, But Only in the EU
ChatGPT will start including an “invisible watermark” on text outputs to comply with European Union regulations, OpenAI announced on Monday, but it will only apply to users in the EU. “In the EU, we’ll start watermarking eligible text from ChatGPT and Codex over the coming weeks to comply with the EU AI Act,” OpenAI tweeted.That said, it’s possible the change could appear outside the EU for other AI services that rely on OpenAI. That’s because enterprise customers worldwide who use OpenAI’s API can also opt into the text-based watermarking.
- ▪ChatGPT will start including an “invisible watermark” on text outputs to comply with European Union regulations, OpenAI announced on Monday, but it will only apply to users in the EU.
- ▪“In the EU, we’ll start watermarking eligible text from ChatGPT and Codex over the coming weeks to comply with the EU AI Act,” OpenAI tweeted.That said, it’s possible the change could appear outside the EU for other AI services that rely on
- ▪That’s because enterprise customers worldwide who use OpenAI’s API can also opt into the text-based watermarking.
5 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 1 hour. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ OpenAI brings text watermarking to ChatGPT and Codex in the EU - The Next Web — Google News
- ▪ OpenAI will start watermarking ChatGPT’s text in the EU — TechCrunch
- ▪ OpenAI TextGrain Watermarks ChatGPT Text Under EU AI Act — Unite.AI
- ▪ OpenAI is adding text watermarking in ChatGPT and Codex — The Verge
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ChatGPT will start including an “invisible watermark” on text outputs to comply with European Union regulations, OpenAI announced on Monday, but it will only apply to users in the EU. “In the EU, we’ll start watermarking eligible text from ChatGPT and Codex over the coming weeks to comply with the EU AI Act,” OpenAI tweeted.That said, it’s possible the change could appear outside the EU for other AI services that rely on OpenAI. That’s because enterprise customers worldwide who use OpenAI’s API can also opt into the text-based watermarking. But as a default, the watermarking will remain off.
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