Anthropic ships watermarked Claude models and detection API

Anthropic has released the first Claude models that add invisible watermarks to every text and file response. At the same time, the company has opened a detection API for approved organizations to verify whether content carries a Claude watermark. Claude Fable 5.1 is now generally available through the Claude desktop app and other platforms. Claude …

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Anthropic launches Claude Fable 5.1 with lower costs and new enterprise safeguards

Anthropic has introduced Claude Fable 5.1, a generally available AI model aimed at coding, knowledge work, and long-running automated tasks. The company is also releasing Claude Mythos 5.1, the same underlying model with less restrictive cybersecurity and life-sciences safeguards for vetted organizations. The most immediate change for many businesses is pricing. Anthropic has kept Fable …

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Sony Music and Warner Chappell sue Anthropic over alleged mass song piracy

Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell Music have sued Anthropic, CEO Dario Amodei, and cofounder Benjamin Mann, alleging that Claude was built and operated using tens of thousands of copyrighted songs without permission. Tim Ingham reports for Music Business Worldwide that the case was filed in federal court in Northern California. It adds Sony and …

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Claude Cowork can now browse and complete web tasks inside its desktop app

Anthropic is rolling out a built in browser for Claude Cowork that lets the AI open websites, read pages, click controls and enter text without leaving the desktop app. The feature is intended for tasks such as completing web forms or retrieving figures from dashboards that do not offer an API. The browser opens in …

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Anthropic connects Claude chat and Cowork memories by default

Anthropic has combined the memory systems used by Claude chat and Claude Cowork. Information Claude retains from conversations can now follow users between the chatbot and the company’s task-focused Cowork tool. David Gewirtz reports for ZDNET that the shared memory works in both directions. Context created in Cowork can also be used in later Claude …

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Claude’s text watermark relies on hidden patterns in word choices

Anthropic has disclosed that its forthcoming Claude text watermark uses a secret pattern in the model’s word-selection process, rather than hidden characters or metadata. The method can identify text that Claude likely generated or substantially processed, but it needs enough text to produce a reliable result and can be defeated by a complete rewrite. The …

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Anthropic plans invisible text watermarks for new Claude models

Anthropic plans to add machine readable marks to content generated by future Claude models. The company says models introduced after August 2, 2026 will embed invisible watermarks in generated text and attach signed provenance metadata to supported files. The policy is part of Anthropic’s commitments under the EU AI Act’s Article 50(2) Code of Practice …

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Anthropic’s new advice for Claude: stop telling it everything

Anthropic says the latest generation of Claude models performs better with shorter, clearer background instructions and more room to apply its own judgement. The company reports that it removed more than 80% of the Claude Code system prompt for models including Claude Opus 5 and Claude Fable 5, without a measurable decline in its coding …

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Claude users find shared chats and Artifacts exposed through Google

Some publicly shared Claude conversations and Artifacts have appeared in Google Search results, making them accessible to people who did not receive the original links. Carl Franzen reports for VentureBeat that Reddit and X users found Claude pages through Google queries targeting the service’s sharing URLs. The issue does not indicate that private Claude accounts …

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