These are "spy"marks, not watermarks:

We need to inform everyone that this technology can encode database identifiers and enough entropy to uniquely identify you as an author (or downloader).

This extends to other forms of media as well.

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cubefox an hour ago | parent [-]

They are not spymarks if they don't encode any personal IDs and are merely used to indicate that an image was AI-generated. I don't think Google or OpenAI use SynthID to include personal data.

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MisterMunchkin an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Come on man, they're both advertising companies. Would you resist the opportunity to build that social graph and detect a known user anywhere on the internet?

	▲	cubefox 10 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Of course. Privacy is a feature that increases their product value. Moreover, they could get into trouble with the GDPR if they secretly included tracking information in their images.

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morkalork an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

And there lies the rub. You can't verify if they do or don't embed such content. These companies are just like "trust me bro".

	▲	orng an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Indeed and Google has built its empire through tracking users across the internet so it is really hard to trust that they won't..