Sources: OpenAI developed a watermarking method for detecting text written by ChatGPT with 99.9% reliability, but its launch has been mired in internal debates
Technology that can detect text written by artificial intelligence with 99.9% certainty has been debated internally for two years
Wall Street Journal
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@carnage4life
Dare Obasanjo
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OpenAI faces the classic big tech tension of trust & safety versus growth. On one hand, you can create a tool that detects when people use ChatGPT to cheat on their homework. But then everyone who wants to cheat on their homework will NOT use ChatGPT. User growth goes 📉
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@dseetharaman
Deepa Seetharaman
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There's so much more in this story by me & Matt Barnum about their decision-making process & the tension between their stated goals of transparency + helping educators and their need to grow & destigmatize AI's use. Please read and let me know what you think.
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@dseetharaman
Deepa Seetharaman
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One reason: an internal April 2023 survey showing nearly a third of ChatGPT users would use it less if it deployed watermarking. This survey loomed large even after internal tests in 2024 showed watermarking didn't hurt ChatGPT's output. Here's how OpenAI itself described the s…
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@benfritz
Ben Fritz
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Our first big scoop since starting the AI buro here at WSJ. Amazing reporting by @dseetharaman and @matt_barnum https://www.wsj.com/... [image]
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@cynddl
Luc Rocher
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OpenAI says they don't want to ostracise their users with watermarks to “protect them”. But I got confirmation that they send Oxford the complete listing of the staff and students using its services (Oxford argued it's not a breach of GDPR).
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@lilianedwards
Lilian Edwards
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If this is true it's remarkably irresponsible (hi @responsibleaiuk) Being able to detect AI text would be staggeringly useful in education. as well as to filter AI spam clickbait etc https://www.theverge.com/...
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@simonw
Simon Willison
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This caught my eye: “That same month, OpenAI surveyed ChatGPT users and found 69% believe cheating detection technology would lead to false accusations of using AI. Nearly 30% said they would use ChatGPT less if it deployed watermarks and a rival didn't.”
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@kyleichan
Kyle Chan
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Amazed this ChatGPT detection trick worked [image]
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@rahll
Reid Southen
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OpenAI has a tool that detects ChatGPT written content reliably and could solve numerous problems, but won't release it because it would affect their bottom line. They're lying to you when they say they care about helping humanity, and this is proof. https://www.wsj.com/... [imag…
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@medievalhistory
Chris Riedel
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So basically ChatGPT has for over a year been sitting on a software that can effectively test for cheating, but hasn't released it largely because without cheaters their business would suffer. https://www.wsj.com/...
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@simonw
Simon Willison
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Now that multiple vendors offer highly capable LLMs, it seems to me that watermarking is pretty much a dead-end - if someone wants to cheat they have multiple options for LLMs that don't watermark, which means vendors have little incentive to add watermarks to their own products
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r/OpenAI
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OpenAI won't watermark ChatGPT text because its users could get caught
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r/Professors
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For two years, OpenAI has internally had a tool that can catch AI cheating with 99.9% reliability. But they refuse to release it.
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r/technews
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OpenAI says it's taking a ‘deliberate approach’ to releasing tools that can detect writing from ChatGPT
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r/technology
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There's a Tool to Catch Students Cheating With ChatGPT. OpenAI Hasn't Released It.
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OpenAI says it's taking a ‘deliberate approach’ to releasing tools that can detect writing from ChatGPT
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WSJ: There's a Tool to Catch Students Cheating With ChatGPT. OpenAI Hasn't Released It.