Why is everyone baffled by Anthropic watermarking text when Google did it with SynthID?
rchardkovacs · x · 2026-08-16
The author expresses confusion over the surprise surrounding Anthropic's move to watermark generated text, noting that Google had already implemented similar technology via SynthID in Gemini. While remaining neutral on the practice itself, the post questions what is new about this development, sparking a discussion on the state of provenance tech in AI.
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