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TL;DR
- OpenAI could be exploring picture watermarking for ChatGPT-generated pictures.
- Earlier leak suggests the watermark may primarily have an effect on free customers, with a “save with out watermark” possibility for some.
- This characteristic will not be but official and may be topic to alter earlier than public launch.
OpenAI is engaged on a lot of recent options for ChatGPT. We’ve noticed options like Examine Collectively, Picture Types, and even a yearly plan within the works. Persevering with the spree, we’ve now discovered code that signifies ChatGPT could be seeking to watermark the photographs it generates, although some customers could get the choice to avoid wasting generated pictures with out the watermark.
An APK teardown helps predict options that may arrive on a service sooner or later primarily based on work-in-progress code. Nonetheless, it’s potential that such predicted options may not make it to a public launch.
Again in April 2025, Tibor Blaho on X noticed that a new ImageGen watermark was within the works inside ChatGPT. The app’s strings talked about the watermark as “image-gen-watermark-for-free,” indicating that it could solely be coming to ChatGPT’s free customers.
The most recent ChatGPT v1.2025.196 beta contains code that permits a “Save with out watermark” possibility when producing pictures. We managed to activate the characteristic to provide you an early look:
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As you may see within the screenshots above, ChatGPT will current the same old choices for customers on generated pictures, particularly Edit, Choose, Save, and Share. When the characteristic goes dwell, tapping the three-dot menu will reveal a Save with out watermark possibility. We activated the characteristic on the free tier of ChatGPT, but that could be due to its in-development nature.
Constructing upon the earlier leak, it could be that the watermark is utilized to all ChatGPT-generated pictures. Nonetheless, paid subscribers could have the choice to avoid wasting the picture with out a watermark if they want. There’s additionally a likelihood that every one generated pictures could have a watermark, and all customers could have the choice to avoid wasting with out a watermark, but the method circulate would add sufficient friction to dissuade the informal consumer.
ChatGPT hasn’t introduced this characteristic, so there’s nonetheless a likelihood they could scrap the concept of watermarking pictures, or change different facets of it. We’ll hold you up to date once we study extra.