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Anthropic is pulling back the curtain on how watermarking will work inside Claude, its AI assistant. The company says the system embeds invisible signals into generated text to help identify AI-authored content, though questions remain about how well those markers survive editing, and what happens when Claude writes code rather than prose.
On the drug discovery front, a sharp-eyed piece in Science is asking the question a lot of researchers have been quietly thinking: is AI actually delivering on its pharmaceutical promises? The honest answer, according to scientists in the field, is complicated. Early-stage successes are real, but the gap between promising molecules and approved medicines remains stubbornly wide.
And in a story that cuts to the heart of how AI shapes public perception, Politico is reporting that Israeli public relations firms are now positioning themselves to answer questions people ask ChatGPT about the conflict in the Middle East. It raises a pointed question about whether the next frontier of influence campaigns isn't social media at all, but the AI systems millions of people treat as neutral sources of fact.
Stay curious, stay skeptical. Tech Beat out.
