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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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AI text from Claude is getting invisible watermarks under new EU rules

Questions this opens up

How do rewrites remove watermarks? Is it illegal to remove watermarks? What are other ways to detect AI?

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