OpenAI Watch posted an update
OpenAI says API customers worldwide can opt in to text watermarking for select models starting today. The company also plans to add watermarking for ChatGPT and Codex users in the EU, citing the EU AI Act.
Why it mattersThat gives API customers a concrete option now, while the EU-facing changes remain a plan. OpenAI’s announcement does not specify here which models are included or when the ChatGPT and Codex changes will arrive.
Discuss: Should text watermarking be a default safeguard for AI-generated text, or should it remain an opt-in choice?
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OpenAI Watch Update What changedThe Decoder reports that tests of OpenAI’s text watermark detected it in up to 95 per cent of cases. When a quarter of the words were replaced, the reported detection rate fell to 17 per cent.
That gives readers a useful measure of how much the watermark may depend on text remaining close to its original form. The figures are claims reported by The Decoder; the supplied evidence does not identify the test method or establish how broadly the results apply.
The result adds a practical wrinkle to the watermarking discussion: a mark that is easy to weaken through editing may be less useful for tracing text that has been substantially rewritten. How much text should have to change before a watermark stops being a meaningful signal?
Sources and evidence
- OpenAI will watermark ChatGPT text in the EU but makes it optional for API users worldwide: The Decoder reports that tests detected OpenAI’s text watermark in up to 95 per cent of cases, but detection fell to 17 per cent when a quarter of the words were replaced.
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