OpenAI has begun a limited rollout of text watermarking and detection technologies, the company said in an article released Monday (Oct. 5).

OpenAI built the technologies in response to the European Union’s AI Act, which requires generative artificial intelligence providers to make AI-generated text identifiable in a machine-readable way, according to the article.

OpenAI is enabling API customers globally to opt in to text watermarking for select models, starting today, with text watermarking remaining off by default in the API, the article said.

Over the coming weeks, OpenAI will add an invisible watermark to eligible ChatGPT and Codex text output in the EU, per the article.

In addition, OpenAI is opening applications to access its text watermark detector. The company is limiting access to this tool to approved researchers and expert organizations that can help OpenAI evaluate and improve the technology, according to the article.

“Text watermarking and detection remain early technologies with significant limitations, and views about their benefits and responsible uses are still developing,” OpenAI said in the article. “Our phased approach reflects both the EU AI Act requirements as well as the technology’s limitations, with an emphasis on transparency about what a text watermark can and cannot tell people.”

OpenAI said in the article that it is important to understand that a watermark can indicate that an OpenAI system generated or processed part of a passage, but not how much human editing went into it; a watermark does not establish ownership or responsibility; a watermark does not associate a user with the text; and a watermark does not verify the accuracy of the passage.

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