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 9 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..