a GUID isn't an indicator, it's a fingerprint.
replyso unless you want to draw a distinction between 'user' and 'machine' , yeah it is for identifying users.
to believe otherwise, especially with Microsoft involved, would be incredibly naive to their history.
Article literally says it adds a guid, not a binary field indicating that the image is ai generated.
replyA guid isn’t a user id, if it is in this case, it’s an abuse of how guid is used, at least colloquially. I haven’t read enough to understand if it is user / machine id, I.e. only globally unique in the sense it’s a globally unique entity identifier.
replyMicrosoft Can Track Users via a Windows Device ID
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48815196
replyMicrosoft GDID telemetry includes full browsing and gaming history https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48787239
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replyThey stated the GUID is used to identify the prompt used to generate the image. How are you confused as to not being able to identify the user?
reply"I haven’t read enough to understand". Oh, now I know the answer to my question
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