While I understand why watermarking is important to identify content originating from a generativ...

Vishal V. Shekkar

@vishalvshekkar

August 16

While I understand why watermarking is important to identify content originating from a generative model and establish provenance, it is yet another tool in that may be deployed in mass surveillance with ability to tie generated content to specific account/groups/geography.

As much as I hate AI slop, and the deeply disturbing side of generative AI like deepfakes and mass propaganda it can enable, a tool to fight that can also be used as a tool for also targeting individuals.

How Claude's text watermarking works

Future Claude models will generate text that contains a watermark. This is a way of determining the likelihood that Claude was involved in writing the text, and we, along with several other major AI providers, are implementing this change to comply with the EU AI Act. In this article, we share answers to some of the questions we’ve received about how our chosen watermarking method works, whether it affects Claude’s outputs, and why we’re making this change.

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