Within four hours of Anthropic confirming that Claude models would globally embed invisible, machine-readable watermarks into any AI-generated content, developer Guillaume Meyer had published his override.
\n\nHis code to remove watermarks from Claude-generated text has since gone viral on GitHub, has been bookmarked more than 20,000 times on X, and has drawn more than 100 contributors, with many more incorporating the technology into their own projects. “Anthropic is embedding watermarks in its Claude texts … the issue is practically history just one day later,” wrote one AI specialist, accompanied by an image of Meyer breaking out of chains and standing on crumpled EU and Anthropic flags.
\n\nMeyer and others started investigating how watermarking works after Anthropic announced last week that Claude would adopt it in order to comply with the European Union’s AI Act.
\n\nSome are trying to evade the watermarking because they disagree with the idea that all AI-generated content should be labeled as such, Meyer told WIRED, while others, including himself, say they simply relish the technical challenge. Freelance content writers and social media creators have also contacted Meyer asking for assistance using the code, he says.
\n\nThe new rules, which came in earlier this month, stipulate that…
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