Unmasking the Vulnerability: Researchers Expose AI Watermark Weakness

Researchers at the University of Maryland have found that current AI watermarking methods are easily defeated, making them unreliable for identifying AI-generated images and text. The study demonstrates how attackers can remove watermarks and even add watermarks to human-generated images, triggering false positives. Watermarking has been considered a promising strategy to combat misinformation and deepfakes, but researchers have consistently pointed out its major shortcomings. While some believe that watermarking can still be part of the solution when combined with other technologies, others argue that it is not effective and can be easily faked or removed.