AIQuiet 79d · day 80
Microsoft embeds user-linked GUIDs as invisible watermarks in Paint and Photos AI images
A developer reverse-engineered hidden metadata that tracks AI-generated content back to individual user accounts.
What to know
- Microsoft's Paint and Photos apps automatically embed invisible watermarks in AI-generated images containing GUIDs linked to user accounts.
- The watermarks enable tracking of AI-generated content back to individual users, raising privacy and tracking concerns.
- The functionality was discovered through reverse engineering and was not previously publicly disclosed by Microsoft.
“A developer has uncovered some previously unknown GUID watermarking functionality deep within Microsoft's Paint and Photos apps.”
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