Anthropic adds invisible watermarks to Claude's output to comply with EU AI Act

Anthropic recently started adding invisible watermarks to Claude's responses, marking AI-generated content. This move aims to meet the EU AI Act's transparency rules, which require tech companies to label AI-generated or edited content in a machine-readable way.

The policy has sparked mixed reactions on Reddit. Some users worry that ordinary users might be unfairly flagged, while tech-savvy individuals can bypass detection by rewriting or using other AI tools. Others argue that watermarking is a reasonable way to track AI content and prevent misuse.

A few critics point out the irony of watermarking AI output when models are trained on human-created works. However, most commenters support the measure as a step toward transparency and honesty in AI usage.