Anthropic defends and explains its AI watermarking feature

A poster at Anthropic's developer conference in San Francisco advertises its Claude product. Don Feria/AP Content Services for Anthropic Anthropic is watermarking AI text due to the European Union's AI Act requirements for transparency. In a blog post, Anthropic said its watermark subtly alters word choices in Claude models. Previously, some Claude customers told Business Insider they were concerned about the watermark. Anthropic is trying to calm everyone down over its new watermark. The…