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Some Claude users are mad that Anthropic's new watermarks will catch them using it at their jobs, classes
Is Anthropic's new watermarking system a travesty? Some have taken to social media to complain that it is.
TL;DR
- Anthropic is now watermarking Claude's outputs with invisible code to identify AI-generated text.
- This policy aims to comply with the EU AI Act's Transparency Code.
- Some users on Reddit express outrage, viewing the watermarks as a "digital tattoo" that will catch students, journalists, and writers.
- Critics argue that the watermarks are unethical, especially if they believe they did most of the work and Claude was just a tool.
- Others defend the watermarking as a necessary measure for transparency and to mitigate risks associated with AI-generated content.
- A counter-argument suggests hypocrisy, given that AI models are trained on vast amounts of existing data.