wa·ter·mark
ˈwȯ-tər-ˌmärk 
ˈwä-
1
: a mark indicating the height to which water has risen
2
: a marking in paper resulting from differences in thickness usually produced by pressure of a projecting design in the mold or on a processing roll and visible when the paper is held up to the light
also
: the design of or the metal pattern producing the marking
watermarked; watermarking; watermarks
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Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2024
Congress, meanwhile, should require generative AI companies to embed content with hard-to-remove watermarks and provenance information.
—Mekela Panditharatne and Shanze Hasan, TIME, 21 Oct. 2024
Gerrit De Vynck, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
This sweeping mandate gives many key actors homework: industry leaders must provide insight into the inner workings of their most powerful systems and watermark their products to help support information integrity.
—Alondra Nelson, Foreign Affairs, 12 Jan. 2024
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Noun
As for ballots mailed but not yet returned, Wesolowski said there will be a watermark in the poll book stating an absentee ballot has been issued.
—Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2024
Congress, meanwhile, should require generative AI companies to embed content with hard-to-remove watermarks and provenance information.
—Mekela Panditharatne and Shanze Hasan, TIME, 21 Oct. 2024
Verb
But in a February paper, researchers at the University of Maryland showed that approaches developed by Google and other tech giants to watermark their AI images could be beat.
—Gerrit De Vynck, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
This sweeping mandate gives many key actors homework: industry leaders must provide insight into the inner workings of their most powerful systems and watermark their products to help support information integrity.
—Alondra Nelson, Foreign Affairs, 12 Jan. 2024
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“Watermark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/watermark. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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watermark
1 of 2 noun
wa·ter·mark
ˈwȯt-ər-ˌmärk
ˈwät-
1
: a mark that shows the height to which water has risen
2
: a mark (as the maker's name or trademark) made in paper during manufacture and visible when the paper is held up to the light
watermark
2 of 2 verb
: to mark with a watermark
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