Claude will apply invisible watermarks to AI text and images
TL;DR
Anthropic has pledged to start marking Claude-generated text and images with machine-readable data, in an effort to comply with European rules for AI transparency. "Generated text will carry embedded watermarks, and generated files will include digitally signed provenance metadata where supported," Anthropic says on a new Claude support page. The changes are invisible to human eyes, but will make it easier for people and online platforms to detect if content was generated by Claude models.
Nauti's Take
Small teams should test the system against their real export formats first: do the provenance signals survive downloading, editing, and redistribution? Until Anthropic publishes technical details and a rollout date, the watermarking should not be treated as a dependable control for content approval workflows.
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