How AI Can Remove Imperceptible Watermarks

Exploring the Vulnerabilities in Detecting AI-Generated Media

High-level illustration of how invisible watermarking works. Image by author.

Why do we Need Watermarks?

Watermarks are all over the internet — and for obvious reasons. How else could you protect your art or photography from ending up in someone's PowerPoint presentation without crediting the creator? The simplest way of addressing this problem is to create visible watermarks like the one below.

Example of a visible watermark. Image by author based on DALL-E …

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