Claude users are canceling their subscriptions, citing Anthropic’s new AI watermark
One developer said they feared Anthropic's watermark could lead clients to flag their work as AI-generated and raise questions about authorship.
Anthropic, the company behind the AI assistant Claude, has introduced a watermark for Claude-generated text that may persist even after editing. This move has reportedly led some users to cancel their subscriptions to Claude, citing concerns over the watermark. One developer expressed worry that the AI label on code sent to clients could raise questions about authorship.
Anthropic stated that the watermark is imperceptible and does not alter the meaning, quality, or readability of Claude's responses. Despite this, dozens of users have posted on X, the social media platform, announcing their Claude cancellations, citing the watermark as the primary reason. Some users, such as Arturo Villarroya, a public policy professional, and Vladislav Rajtmajer, a freelance developer, shared their intent to switch to alternative AI tools due to the watermark.
Anthropic maintains that the watermark is intended to indicate that Claude processed the text, not necessarily that it was originally written by Claude, and plans to offer a free API for users and third parties to verify the presence of the watermark.
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