Output Watermarking
A method that embeds statistical signatures into model outputs to improve source traceability
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What is output watermarking?
Output watermarking injects subtle statistical patterns into generated text or media so outputs can be probabilistically attributed to a specific model.
It is studied across text, image, and multimodal generation systems.
Why does it matter?
Traceable outputs can support abuse investigation, policy enforcement, and provenance verification in model ecosystems.
It is not a complete defense, but it raises attacker cost and improves post-incident evidence quality.
Practical checkpoints
- Quality-security tradeoff: Evaluate whether stronger watermark signals impact output quality.
- Removal resilience: Rewriting, distillation, and post-processing can weaken signals, so use layered controls.
- Evidence readiness: Combine watermarking with logs, model versioning, and policy records for operational and legal use.
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