Submitted 2 weeks ago by Tea@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.world
https://english.news.cn/20250315/e1015e35a7f149b4b620ec8626d974b2/c.html
China has released a set of guidelines on labeling internet content that is generated or composed by artificial intelligence (AI) technology, which are set to take effect on Sept. 1.
As an exception to about 95% of regulations issued in China, this approach actually seems well considered - something that might benefit people and work. Similar regulations should be considered by other countries.
Stable Diffusion has the option to include an invisible watermark. I saw this in the settings when I was running it locally. It does something like adds a pattern that is easy to detect with machines but impossible to see. The idea was that you could check an image for it before putting it into training sets. Because I never needed to lie about things I generated I left it on.
USA announces plan to ban the buds of the cannabis plant
They plan to ban hating on the supreme leader.
China is long ahead with that so maybe there is hope.
That’s something that was actually really needed.
Having some AIs that do this and some not will only muddy the waters of what’s believable. We’ll get gullible people seeing the ridiculous and thinking “Well there’s no watermark so it MUST be true.”
Sorry but the problem right now is much simpler. Gullibility doesn’t require some logical premise. “It sounds right so it MUST be true” is where the thought process ends.
And the label just reinforced the confirmation bias.
Something that we’ve needed for too long. Good on China :)
Lol. So everything can just be AI generated facknews designed to heard someone’s reputations.
This is a bad idea. It creates a stigma and bias against innocent Artificial beings. This is the equivalent of forcing a human to wear a collar. TM watermark
I think there was a similar idea in the USA with the COPIED Act, but I haven’t heard anything else about it since.
China, oh you Remembering something about go green and bla bla, but continue to create coal plants.
The Chinese government has been caught using AI for propaganda and claiming to be real. So I don’t see it happening within the Chinese government etc.
It makes more sense to mark authentic content but sure.
National gpu registry!
Me: “hé <AI name> remove the small text which is at the bottom right in this picture”
AI: “Done, here is the picture cleaned of the text”
some_dude@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
This is a smart and ethical way to include AI into everyday use, though I hope the watermarks are not easily removed.
umami_wasbi@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Think a layer deeper how can it misused to control naratives.
You read some wild allegation, no AI marks (they required to be visible), so must wriiten by someone? Right? What if someone, even the government jumps out as said someone use an illiegal AI to generate the text? The questioning of the matter will suddently from verifying if the allegation happened, to if it is real. The public sentiment will likely overwhelmed by “Is this fakenews?” or “Is the allegation true?” Compound that with trusted entities, discrediting anything become easier.
Give you a real example. Before Covid spread globally there was a Chinese whistleblower, worked in the hospital and get infected. He posted a video online about how bad it was, and quickly got taken down by the government. What if it happened today with the regulation in full force? Government can claim it is AI generated. The whistleblower doesn’t exist. Nor the content is real. 3 days later, they arrested a guy, claiming he spread fakenews using AI. They already have a very efficient way to control naratives, and this piece of garbage just give them an express way.
You though that only a China thing? No, every entities including governments are watching, especially the self-claimed friend of Putin and Xi, and the absolute free speech lover. Don’t think it is too far to reach you yet.
LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
It’s still a good thing. The alternative is people posting AI content as though it is real content, which is a worldwide problem destroying entire industries. All AI content should by law have to be clearly labeled.
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’m going to develop a new AI designed to remove watermarks from AI generated content. I’m still looking for investors if you’re interested! You could get in on the ground floor!
BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’ve got a system that removes the watermark and adds two or three bonus fingers, free of charge! Silicon Valley VC is gonna be all over this.