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  "id": 12209150,
  "title": "OpenAI is adding text watermarking in ChatGPT and Codex",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/openai-is-adding-text-watermarking-in-chatgpt-and-codex",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-05T18:08:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Verge",
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    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1004880/openai-chatgpt-text-watermarks-eu-ai-act"
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  "summary": "An invisible, machine-readable watermark in text output is rolling out to ChatGPT and Codex, but only for users in the European Union at first. OpenAI says its textGrain watermarking \"matched or exceeded\" other approaches like Google DeepMind's SynthID for text, which is also the basis for the watermarking Anthropic announced in August. Like OpenAI, Anthropic […]",
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        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "To comply with the EU AI Act, OpenAI plans to add text watermarking for ChatGPT and Codex users in the EU and an opt-in setting for API customers globally (OpenAI)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/to-comply-with-the-eu-ai-act-openai-plans-to-add-text-watermarking",
        "published": "2026-10-05T16:21:02.000Z"
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        "outlet": "The Verge",
        "title": "OpenAI PR tells journalist to ‘move on’ while asking Sam Altman about a ChatGPT user’s suicide",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/openai-pr-tells-journalist-to-move-on-while-asking-sam-altman-about-a",
        "published": "2026-10-05T16:55:42.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Quartz",
        "title": "OpenAI is testing visual ads inside ChatGPT's image generation tool",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/openai-is-testing-visual-ads-inside-chatgpts-image-generation-tool",
        "published": "2026-10-05T17:30:25.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The New Stack",
        "title": "OpenAI brings text watermarking to its API — and unlike Anthropic, it’s off by default",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/openai-brings-text-watermarking-to-its-api-and-unlike-anthropic-its",
        "published": "2026-10-05T19:29:15.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "TechCrunch",
        "title": "OpenAI will start watermarking ChatGPT’s text in the EU",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/openai-will-start-watermarking-chatgpts-text-in-the-eu",
        "published": "2026-10-05T20:36:48.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "9to5Mac",
        "title": "OpenAI details new text watermarking system for ChatGPT, Codex, and the API",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/openai-details-new-text-watermarking-system-for-chatgpt-codex-and-the",
        "published": "2026-10-05T20:46:17.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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