Why watermarking AI-generated content won’t guarantee trust online

In late May, the Pentagon appeared to be on fire.  A few miles away, White House aides and reporters scrambled to figure out whether a viral online image of the exploding building was in fact real.  It wasn’t. It was AI-generated. Yet government officials, journalists, and tech companies were unable to take action before the…

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