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OpenAI is implementing textGrain watermarks in the EU to satisfy the AI Act's transparency requirements, embedding detection patterns directly into word choices rather than adding visible markers. The company acknowledges that editing content can degrade detection rates and has restricted detector access to approved researchers to evaluate these reliability limits. This move highlights the evolving technical standards for distinguishing AI-generated text from human writing under new regulatory frameworks.
OpenAI will start watermarking ChatGPT’s text in the EU
OpenAI will watermark ChatGPT and Codex text in the EU to comply with the AI Act. Editing can make the invisible marks harder to detect, it says.
OpenAI will start adding an invisible watermark to text generated by ChatGPT and Codex in the European Union to comply with the EU AI Act, the company said Monday in a blog post. The EU AI Act’s transparency rules, which took effect on August 2, require AI companies to mark AI-generated content in…
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