alt Hacker NewsRelated to this, the EU AI Act requires mandatory watermarking that is cannot be removed or is illegal to remove.
https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/eu-icons-l...
If Facebook already embeds user IDs in images (AI or no AI) I can only drool to think what kind tracking, advertising and mass surveillance opportunities are coming.
I don't see anything about watermarking in the linked article, it's about labelling requirements. It describes situations where you are required to disclose if an image was AI-generated.