Stratechery by Ben Thompson Follow Anthropic’s Watermarking, How It (Probably) Works, Worse Than It Seems Anthropic is adding watermarking in response to the E.U.'s AI law. It's a terrible idea, first and foremost for philosophical reasons. https://stratechery.com/2026/anthropics-watermarking-how-it-probably-works-worse-than-it-seems/ stratechery.com