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Coders Say They Already Found Workarounds to Claude’s Invisible Watermarks

WIRED — AI · August 19, 2026 · International · AI Governance

Anthropic announced last week it would include invisible watermarks in AI-generated content to comply with new EU rules. Within hours, overrides were being touted online.

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