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Anthropic adds watermarks to Claude outputs, users complain

Anthropic introduced a watermarking system for Claude outputs. Some users complained on social media that it will reveal their use of Claude at work or in classes.

First seen 12 Aug, 22:26 UTC on TechCrunch2 sourcesLast update 65d ago

What the sources say

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No word from Anthropic yet.

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TechCrunch· 12 Aug, 22:26Some Claude users are mad that Anthropic's new watermarks will catch them using it at their jobs, classesTechCrunch· 15 Aug, 18:58Anthropic shares more details about how Claude's new watermarks will work

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12 Aug 22:26TechCrunch Some Claude users are mad that Anthropic's new watermarks will catch them using it at their jobs, classes15 Aug 18:58TechCrunch Anthropic shares more details about how Claude's new watermarks will work

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