Major Frontier Model Providers Adopt Watermarking Tech to Comply with EU Regulation

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As of August 2, 2026, the EU AI Act Article 50 requires AI systems to mark synthetic outputs in a machine-detectable manner. Major vendors are implementing statistical watermarking methods, which influence natural language generation without affecting performance. This has prompted a swift reaction from the open-source community, raising compliance and vulnerability concerns. By Olimpiu Pop