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Can watermarks be removed?
Yes, but it's tricky. While Claude's new watermarks are designed to survive simple copying and pasting, the company admits that significant rewrites can completely remove them. This means if someone heavily edits AI-generated text, the hidden markers might disappear, making it harder to track its origin, which is a key concern for the new EU rules.
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