{
  "id": 690071,
  "title": "It lasted one day: a developer has already released a 'watermark-remover' for all AI-generated text",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/it-lasted-one-day-a-developer-has-already-released-a-watermark",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-12T19:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/ivanzm123/it-lasted-one-day-a-developer-has-already-released-a-watermark-remover-for-all-ai-generated-text-m60"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A developer, Guillaume Meyer, has released an open-source project called \"watermarks-remover\" on GitHub, which claims to remove invisible watermarks from AI-generated text. The watermark is a feature implemented by Anthropic's Claude models to identify text generated by AI.\n\nThe watermarking is done by biasing the selection of tokens during text generation, creating a statistical pattern that can be detected. According to Anthropic, the watermark should remain even if the text is copied and lightly edited.\n\nThe release of the watermark remover comes after Anthropic confirmed that its new Claude models will carry an invisible watermark. The European Union's Artificial Intelligence Act requires AI service providers to implement identifiability measures by August 2, 2026.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Tom's Hardware",
        "title": "Claude will begin digitally watermarking marking AI-generated text and images — Anthropic details how it'll comply with the EU's Artificial Intelligence Act",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/claude-will-begin-digitally-watermarking-marking-ai-generated-text",
        "published": "2026-08-12T11:30:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Straits Times Business",
        "title": "DeepSeek publicises efforts to challenge Anthropic’s Claude code",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/deepseek-publicises-efforts-to-challenge-anthropics-claude-code",
        "published": "2026-08-12T23:29:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Business Times - Companies & Markets",
        "title": "DeepSeek publicises efforts to challenge Anthropic’s Claude code",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/deepseek-publicises-efforts-to-challenge-anthropics-claude-code",
        "published": "2026-08-13T00:03:16.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}