OpenAI rolls out text watermarking for EU ChatGPT, Codex users; opt-in for API customers
OpenAI began rolling out text watermarking in ChatGPT and Codex, initially for users in the European Union, citing compliance with the EU AI Act. Starting today, API customers globally can opt in to text watermarking for select models. OpenAI says its textGrain watermarking matched or exceeded other approaches like Google DeepMind's SynthID, and released benchmark scores showing similar performance between watermarked and unwatermarked text.
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OpenAI : To comply with the EU AI Act, OpenAI plans to add text watermarking for ChatGPT and Codex users in the EU and an opt-in setting for API customers globally — - Starting today, API customers globally will be able to opt in to text watermarking for select models.
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An invisible, machine-readable watermark in text output is rolling out to ChatGPT and Codex, but only for users in the European Union at first. OpenAI says its textGrain watermarking "matched or exceeded" other approaches like Google DeepMind's SynthID for text, which is also the basis for the watermarking Anthropic announced in August . Like OpenAI, Anthropic made the move to meet the requirements of the EU's AI Act ; however, not everyone was happy to learn about the addition. OpenAI also included scores from AI benchmarks showing similar performance from watermarked and unwatermarked text. But it notes that textGrain "does not guarantee … Read the full story at The Verge.
