This is such a waste of time.
If someone wants to bypass this it will be rather simple. Just change the words. If someone wants to avoid fingerprinting they will.
Can’t we just focus on building rather than spending brainpower on these ridiculous sidequests
I think some EU regulations have merit and some don't, but going "can't we just focus on building instead of spending brainpower on following the law" is not going to win you much affection. There might be a connection between this pervasive attitude in tech and why now every proposed datacenter construction project is being met with ferocious public opposition.
This isn’t just a “techbro” attitude. Although they disagree on the specific problem laws in question, basically every political group (at least in the US) takes issue with the law as written. And most agree (72% as polled in 2023) that the law is written to favor the interests of the wealthy. The pushback against data centers isn’t in contrast to this—data centers provide the bulk of their benefits to wealthy investors, and many localities are permitting them against the will of local citizens.
You might also want to consider that many believe the current AI regulation push is a trojan horse for regulatory capture and subsequent domination of the industry by large, well-connected players who are hostile to privacy and individual freedom.
So when you see US people on a US site complaining about a law that affects US industry, especially scrappy startups, consider if maybe there’s more to it.
There's lots of regulations that are easy to bypass. It's absolutely trivial to, say, pull 30 amps from a home circuit rated for only 15 amps. But most people will just trip the fuse because they don't know what they're doing, and the existence of the regulation makes it easy to prove ill intent for anyone who does know what they're doing but causes harm anyway.
> Starting today, API customers globally will be able to opt in to text watermarking for select models. Text watermarking will remain off by default in the API.
> Over the coming weeks, we will add an invisible watermark to eligible ChatGPT and Codex text output in the European Union.
My personal opinion is that they cheated evaluations to be able to release this pretending that it has no meaningful impact.
Otherwise, I don't see any logic explanation that some of there benchmarks results would be higher when watermarked. Except if benchmark results are so unstable that they are a useless metric.
Why use watermarking, and not simply add a signature?
The guidelines (https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/guidelines-...) require a solution that's robust against "common alterations and adversarial attacks".
This is such a waste of time. If someone wants to bypass this it will be rather simple. Just change the words. If someone wants to avoid fingerprinting they will. Can’t we just focus on building rather than spending brainpower on these ridiculous sidequests
I think some EU regulations have merit and some don't, but going "can't we just focus on building instead of spending brainpower on following the law" is not going to win you much affection. There might be a connection between this pervasive attitude in tech and why now every proposed datacenter construction project is being met with ferocious public opposition.
This isn’t just a “techbro” attitude. Although they disagree on the specific problem laws in question, basically every political group (at least in the US) takes issue with the law as written. And most agree (72% as polled in 2023) that the law is written to favor the interests of the wealthy. The pushback against data centers isn’t in contrast to this—data centers provide the bulk of their benefits to wealthy investors, and many localities are permitting them against the will of local citizens.
You might also want to consider that many believe the current AI regulation push is a trojan horse for regulatory capture and subsequent domination of the industry by large, well-connected players who are hostile to privacy and individual freedom.
So when you see US people on a US site complaining about a law that affects US industry, especially scrappy startups, consider if maybe there’s more to it.
There's lots of regulations that are easy to bypass. It's absolutely trivial to, say, pull 30 amps from a home circuit rated for only 15 amps. But most people will just trip the fuse because they don't know what they're doing, and the existence of the regulation makes it easy to prove ill intent for anyone who does know what they're doing but causes harm anyway.
> Starting today, API customers globally will be able to opt in to text watermarking for select models. Text watermarking will remain off by default in the API.
> Over the coming weeks, we will add an invisible watermark to eligible ChatGPT and Codex text output in the European Union.
My personal opinion is that they cheated evaluations to be able to release this pretending that it has no meaningful impact.
Otherwise, I don't see any logic explanation that some of there benchmarks results would be higher when watermarked. Except if benchmark results are so unstable that they are a useless metric.
Another cookie consent-grade success of the EU.