This isn't DRM right? This is metadata attached to the image that makes it clear it was synthetically generated. The public has a huge incentive to know when images are AI generated and the harm to legitimate users seems pretty small: aka someone might complain online that you use AI

And given that governments, large corporations and well funded bad actors will be able to generate non-water marked images this will legitimize AI generated propaganda and scam images as truth. I wouldn't be surprised if a forensic junk science grew up around it to further legitimize it as well.

> So 999 people that are just making an image need to be DRM'ed so that you might catch the 1 person making "realistic but deceptive" images

Unfortunately, simple statistics mean that you will get a lot more people than just "1" creating disinformation with AI assistance.