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Re:Text AI watermarks will always be trivial to remove by nonethewiser on Thursday August 13, 2026 @07:50PM (#49293164)
This doesn’t add up.

How do you think you will know the text was AI generated but the person trying to deceive you won’t be able to undo the watermark?

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Re:Text AI watermarks will always be trivial to remove by optionalsquid on Thursday August 13, 2026 @08:23PM (#49293380)
Practically speaking, most people probably won't know how to undo the watermark. Especially when the suggested method is to run the text through a local model
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Re:Text AI watermarks will always be trivial to remove by cwillu on Thursday August 13, 2026 @11:53PM (#49294571)
Most people are entirely capable of copy/pasting their text into the inevitable dozens of web-based tools of various levels of sketch to do it for them.
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Re:Text AI watermarks will always be trivial to remove by nonethewiser on Thursday August 13, 2026 @08:27PM (#49293403)
Doesnt matter - it ruins integrity and the people actively trying to deceive you wont be prevented.
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Re:Text AI watermarks will always be trivial to remove by optionalsquid on Thursday August 13, 2026 @08:28PM (#49293409)
What do you mean that it ruins integrity?
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Re:Text AI watermarks will always be trivial to remove by nonethewiser on Thursday August 13, 2026 @09:00PM (#49293608)
I mean you cant be sure the text isnt AI.
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