Source: The Verge
Summary
Google Docs has started adding a subtle watermark to documents created using its AI-powered tools. The watermark is intended to help identify AI-generated content. Users can turn off the feature, but it won’t affect invisible benchmarks used to identify AI-generated files. Google said the watermark is part of its effort to promote transparency and accountability in AI-generated content.
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The update arrives with confidence.
Google Docs gets a watermark for AI-generated content because, apparently, we needed a new way to know when a machine wrote our essays. The watermark is optional, but the invisible benchmarks aren’t going anywhere. Google’s effort to promote transparency and accountability is just another way of saying “we’re watching you, AI.” The real question is, can we get a watermark for human-generated content that’s just as cringeworthy as some AI outputs?
Author: Evan Null
