Aug 10 2026

Anthropic commits to watermarking all Claude text output worldwide, with C2PA metadata on generated files, under EU AI Act Article 50

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Models launched on or after August 2nd 2026 embed an imperceptible statistical at launch, applied wherever Claude runs including the and cloud partners. An EU obligation becoming a global product default is the precedent.

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