Anthropic filed to go public on the US stock market on 26 October, with a filing that runs nearly 70,000 words and lists numerous risk factors, including dangers AI poses to society. Reports say it is expected to receive a high "junk" rating from credit agencies following the IPO, and its text watermark rollout leaves a bypass loophole on two older Claude models.
Anthropic is expanding its text watermark to four more Claude models ahead of the EU AI Act's December deadline. On the older Claude Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6, developers can reportedly bypass the watermark by changing a single sampling parameter.
Why it matters: The watermark is meant to meet an EU compliance deadline, but on two models it can reportedly be bypassed with a minor parameter change.
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“Anthropic is expanding its text watermark to four more Claude models to meet the EU AI Act's December deadline. On the older models Claude Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6, developers can bypass the watermark by tweaking a single sampling parameter.”
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