AI watermark remover creator challenges Anthropic's plan

Paris-based tech entrepreneur Guillaume Meyer created a viral open-source tool to remove AI watermarks, directly challenging Anthropic's recently announced watermarking plan. Meyer's project gained over 2 million impressions on X after going viral. Meyer argues Anthropic's statistical watermarking technique can produce false positives, potentially mislabeling human work as AI-generated. He cites his own use of Grammarly as an example, noting the AI-powered tool would trigger watermarks on his writing. He supports content attribution but opposes the specific technique. The tool works by generating slight variations in text or pixels until the watermark is disrupted. Meyer built the first version in five hours and now works on it full-time with community contributions. He is considering turning the project into a commercial business, though he remains uncertain about its legal viability.