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Anthropic is adding watermarking in response to the EU's AI law, and it's a terrible idea, first and foremost for philosophical reasons.

Anthropic's watermarking is a response to the EU's AI law. Ben argues this is a terrible idea, first and foremost for philosophical reasons. ✦ AI generated

Ben Thompson · Stratechery · 2026-08-14 · original ↗

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Anthropic's Watermarking, How It (Probably) Works, Worse Than It Seems — Anthropic is adding watermarking in response to the E.U.'s AI law. It's a terrible idea, first and foremost for philosophical reasons.

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The EU's mandate that AI systems mark all their outputs, including text, as AI-generated is a terrible idea, first and foremost for philosophical reasons.Andrew Sharp · Stratechery · conf 70%