Comment by parliament32
3 days ago
Note that watermarking (yes, including text) is a requirement[1] of the EU AI Act, and goes into effect in August 2026, so I suspect we'll see a lot more work in this space in the near future.
[1] Specifically, "...synthetic audio, image, video or text content, shall ensure that the outputs of the AI system are marked in a machine-readable format and detectable as artificially generated or manipulated", see https://artificialintelligenceact.eu/article/50/
EU really like unenforceable regulations, doesn't it?
Yeah, they also outlawed murder. And stealing. And bribing officials. All universally unenforceable. Weird...
Well, consider the case with murder: they're not demanding that people proactively implement a system to prevent it from happening, are they? You're just not allowed to do it, in the sense that the system will attempt to find you, prove your guilt, and punish you after the fact.
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It's regulation for providers, so it's easy to enforce.
What do you mean? There is nothing unenforceable about this.
How would you prove that something was generated by AI yet did not include a watermark?
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Do you mean the same EU whose Euro6 mandate brought powerful auto giants like Volkswagen to their knees, and forced them to build better vehicles that are less harmful to Earth?
Or do you mean the EU that forced Apple to finally ditch its proprietary Lightning port on its iDevices and replace it with the universally compatable USB-C instead?
Or do you mean the EU that mandated the Right to Repair so manufacturers were forced to reduce planned obsolence?
Oh, and by the way, India mandated the same kind of norms too. And guess what? That nation is faring off better thanks to such societal-friendly governance.