watermarking

A distinctly British scandal caused by sloppy photo editing has sparked calls for watermarking untouched images. The pleas come after a picture of Princess Kate intensified wild rumours about her whereabouts. Kate’s representatives issued the image this week to subdue gossip about her recent absence from the public eye. Newspapers and websites promptly plastered the snapshot across their pages. But the photo only heightened the speculation. Online sleuths soon spotted clear signs of…

On February 6, Meta said it was going to label AI-generated images on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. When someone uses Meta’s AI tools to create images, the company will add visible markers to the image, as well as invisible watermarks and metadata in the image file. The company says its standards are in line with best practices laid out by the Partnership on AI, an AI research nonprofit. Big Tech is also throwing its weight behind a promising technical standard that could add a “nutrition label” to images, video,…

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Why China is betting big on chiplets For the past couple of years, US sanctions have had the Chinese semiconductor industry locked in a stranglehold. Chinese companies can still manufacture chips for today’s uses, but they are not allowed to import certain chipmaking technologies, making it almost impossible for them to produce more advanced products.There is a…

While new content may be secured through built-in systems, there is a world of content out there that has not been watermarked, which is done by adding imperceptible information to a digital file so that its provenance can be traced. While new content may be secured through built-in systems, there is a world of content out there that has not been watermarked, which is done by adding imperceptible information to a digital file so that its provenance can be traced. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article…

Over the past few years, humanity has become very technologically dependent, heavily reliant on devices for professional and personal purposes. Now, technologies such as Artificial intelligence and machine learning are even deciding the way we function by bringing in various advances, changing even national cultures globally. While most of these changes are positive, there are some people who are misusing these technologies to manipulate and scam people. One such growing concern that has emerged in recent times is in the…

Meta Platforms will add invisible watermarking to its text-to-image generation product imagine with Meta AI chatbot in the coming weeks to enhance transparency, the Facebook parent said on Wednesday.The social media firm rolled out products infused with artificial intelligence (AI) for consumers, including bots that create photo-realistic images and smart glasses that answer questions, in late September. "We aim to bring invisible watermarking to many of our products with AI-generated images in the future," Meta said in…

The Biden White House recently enacted its latest executive order designed to establish a guiding framework for generative artificial intelligence development — including content authentication and using digital watermarks to indicate when digital assets made by the Federal government are computer generated. Here’s how it and similar copy protection technologies might help content creators more securely authenticate their online works in an age of generative AI misinformation.A quick history of watermarkingAnalog…

7 of the top companies in the artificial intelligence space will meet with the Biden administration on Friday. Leaders from Amazon, Anthropic, Google, Inflection, Meta, Microsoft and OpenAI will meet with President Biden to agree to certain commitments that will manage possible risks from the rapidly growing technology, The Verge reports. There are two topics that will be at the forefront of this meeting: third-party testing and watermarking. Companies are expected to commit to conducting third-party testing…

Seven of the world’s leading tech firms working on artificial intelligence are meeting with the Biden Administration today where they will agree to a set of new commitments intended to manage potential risks posed by AI.Why is Everyone Suing AI Companies? | Future TechThe new voluntary agreements include commitments to external, third-party testing prior to releasing an AI product and the development of watermarking systems to inform the public when a piece of audio or video material was generated using AI systems. The…

Image by Siegfried Frech from PixabayPython Watermarking Made Easy: A Comprehensive Comparison of OpenCV, PIL, and filestoolsWatermarking images is an essential task for photographers, artists, and anyone who wants to protect their visual content from unauthorized use. In the Python world, there are many libraries that allow you to add watermarks to your images. In this article, we will compare three popular Python ways for watermarking images: OpenCV, PIL (Python Imaging Library), and filestools. For the last one you…