DadgogoAI Dictionary

Dictionary entry

watermarking

noun \ˈwȯ-tər-ˌmär-kiŋ\
TopicSafety & Ethics Senses1

Definition of watermarking

  1. : hiding a detectable signal in AI-generated content or designs, such as text, images, audio, video, biological sequences, or predicted structures, so their machine-made provenance can later be checked

    • The image carries a watermark that survives cropping and compression.
    • Text watermarking is much harder than image watermarking.

Two meanings, one word

In everyday English

Adding a faint design to paper or images to show who made them.

In AI

Hiding a detectable signal in AI-generated content or designs, such as text, images, audio, video, biological sequences, or predicted structures, so their machine-made…

Advertisement

Test yourself

Which of these is the meaning of watermarking?

Related terms

deepfake a realistic fake image, video, or audio recording of a real person, made with AI responsible AI the practice of designing, building, and deploying AI with attention to fairness… AI tell a word, phrase, or habit of style that suggests a piece of writing was produced by AI, because… Content Credentials tamper-evident provenance metadata, defined by the C2PA open standard, that can record who… anti-AI opposed to the development, adoption, or use of artificial intelligence, especially generative… nudification the use or availability of AI systems that generate, alter, or depict a person as nude without… AI detector a tool that estimates whether text, images, audio, or other content was generated or… EU AI Act a European Union regulation that establishes risk-based rules for developing, providing… AI UGC advertising content generated with AI to resemble the informal, phone-recorded style of a… AI humanizer a tool that rewrites AI-generated text to make its wording and rhythm appear more human, often… slopaganda propaganda produced or amplified at scale with generative AI, especially persuasive or…

Cite this entry

"Watermarking." AI Dictionary, Dadgogo, https://dadgogo.com/dictionary/watermarking/. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.

Dictionary entries near watermarking

Advertisement