@tylermommsen: Claude just announced watermarking for all text generated by their new models. Why it's happening The EU rolled out new rules for AI that require generated content to be identifiable. Claude built the system to comply, then decided to ship it globally instead of limiting it to EU users. How AI text generation works Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini are word predictors. They pick the next most likely word over and over until the response is done. That prediction step is where the watermark gets inserted. The watermark is the words themselves There is no hidden character buried in the text. Claude selects specific words in a specific order, and that pattern is the watermark. Put together, it proves the text came from AI. Editing does not remove it Rewriting the output or using AI to assist your own writing still leaves the signal in place. The text will show as AI written or at least AI assisted. #claude #ai #aiwriting #anthropic #aitools