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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Steven Smith, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
No one has figured out how to create watermarks that can't be circumvented by determined bad actors.
—Megan Morrone, Axios, 7 Oct. 2024
Janhoi McGregor, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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
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Noun
Google DeepMind recently made its AI text watermark tool open source, meaning anyone can use it.
—Steven Smith, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
No one has figured out how to create watermarks that can't be circumvented by determined bad actors.
—Megan Morrone, Axios, 7 Oct. 2024
Verb
SamMobile mentions asking Bixby to give a step-by-step guide on how to watermark an image captured with a Samsung phone, with the AI bot explaining how the camera feature works.
—Janhoi McGregor, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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
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“Watermark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/watermark. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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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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