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Anthropic's 'Watermark' Text Adulteration in Claude Is a Perversion of Writing

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Daring Fireball's John Gruber published a critique of Anthropic's watermark feature in Claude, characterizing it as 'text adulteration' and 'a perversion of writing.' The essay has sparked discussion on Hacker News.

Source: https://daringfireball.net/2026/08/anthropics_watermark_t...

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