Anthropic · Claude · European Union · Engadget
Anthropic is watermarking text generated by Claude to comply with EU law
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Other AI companies are also required to watermark content.
Key facts
- Say, the key starts with the digit 2 from the pi sequence 3.1415926535
- Anthropic has revealed how it's watermarking text generated by Claude AI to comply with the European Union's new AI transparency rules
- The changes will affect output across all Claude products that use models released after August 2
- If one could prove that an entire codebase was AI-generated, they could copy and then iterate on it
Summary
Anthropic has revealed how it's watermarking text generated by Claude AI to comply with the European Union's new AI transparency rules. The company explained that large language models pick one word at a time when generating text by choosing from a list of potential appropriate words to use. In its example, Anthropic used the digits of pi as a key. Say, the key starts with the digit 2 from the pi sequence 3.1415926535. Of course, AI-generated prose typically has tells. Anthropic admits that its text watermarking method does have limitations. If Claude has only proofread and lightly edited the text, or if the text is too short, the watermark may not be enough to be detectable.