Meta made its own AI detection system. It should have just used Google’s
IIn March, Meta’s Oversight Board called on the company to “meet its public commitments and employ its own tools” to help quell the spread of deceptive generative AI content across platforms. Meta responded in July by introducing Content Seal — an invisible watermarking technology that flags images generated by the company’s new AI model. But it was basically a footnote buried in the company’s announcement for its Muse image and video generation tools.
As someone who spends a lot of time scrutinizing AI labeling systems, Content Seal doesn’t fill me with confidence. There are already more established solutions, like C2PA Content Credentials and Google’s SynthID, that Meta could have used instead of launching its own system significantly later. After digging around to figure out why Meta has launched its own system, I’m not convinced that Meta has thought this through.
By Meta’s description, Content Seal works similarly to SynthID...
Copyright of this story solely belongs to theverge.com. To see the full text click HERE
