★ Anthropic’s ‘Watermark’ Text Adulteration in Claude Is a Perversion of Writing

By John Gruber Archive The Talk Show Dithering Projects Contact Colophon Feeds / Social Sponsorship Manage GRC Faster with Drata’s Agentic Trust Management Platform Anthropic’s ‘Watermark’ Text Adulteration in Claude Is a Perversion of Writing Sunday, 16 August 2026 When I wrote this week about Anthropic’s announcement that all Claude models, worldwide, would soon begin “watermarking” everything t