OpenAI is adding text watermarking in ChatGPT and Codex
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Low confidenceDecision Summary: “OpenAI is adding text watermarking in ChatGPT and Codex” is a public AI signal for Builder and Operator. The practical question is whether it becomes relevant when this topic touches an active sprint, not whether the headline is loud.
What Changed
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 water
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