▲ 53 ▼ Claude will apply invisible watermarks to AI text and images (www.theverge.com) submitted 2 weeks ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip [M] to c/technology@lemmy.zip 17 comments fedilink hide all child comments The EU’s AI rules are having an impact. Archived version: https://archive.is/20260811122405/https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/977823/anthropic-claude-ai-watermarks-c2pa-text-images
[–] undefinedTruth@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) Can someone explain to me how is it possible to watermark text? Because it makes no sense to me. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 weeks ago Nor to me - but it doesn't make a lot of sense with images either. Text is literally just an array of numbers (Unicode character points); where do you put "invisible" watermarks there? Images are, likewise, a three-dimensional array of pixel color values; while it's possible to very slightly vary those color values and call that "watermarking" (similar concept: steganography), how does that not get lost even unintentionally on the first lossy compression step?! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 weeks ago Nor to me - but it doesn't make a lot of sense with images either. Text is literally just an array of numbers (Unicode character points); where do you put "invisible" watermarks there? Images are, likewise, a three-dimensional array of pixel color values; while it's possible to very slightly vary those color values and call that "watermarking" (similar concept: steganography), how does that not get lost even unintentionally on the first lossy compression step?! permalink fedilink source parent