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Let's say you want to release a deepfake image. Your AI image, as generated, is not watermarked or hashed. Difficulty: Story-mode. You can release your image in two minutes flat. Let's now let's say your AI deepfake image is watermarked/hashed upon generation. Difficulty: Intermediate to hard. You might be able to get it done, but not without real effort, and removing all traces of the watermark without leaving artef…
Good thing the detection and removal can’t be automated and zero effort, eh?
Can that be done today, in a "zero effort" manner, even with watermarked stock images?
I tried some "AI watermark removers" on a Shutterstock image, and they did a pretty good job, but they left traces that would be obvious to any investigator.