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A local-first scanner for hidden Unicode in AI-generated text

Dewatermark, an open-source project, released a local-first Unicode watermark inspector for AI-generated text, offering a free browser tool with deterministic safe cleanup and a Python package with forensic reports, repository scanning, and quality-constrained statistical mitigation. The tool detects hidden Unicode characters but does not claim to detect or remove undisclosed vendor watermarks or statistical schemes.

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Open source · local first · agent ready

A free, private Unicode watermark inspector powered by dewatermark. The browser tool uses deterministic safe cleanup; the Python package adds forensic reports, repository scanning, and quality-constrained statistical mitigation.

Scope: deterministic Unicode artifacts only. This page does not claim to detect or remove undisclosed vendor watermarks or statistical schemes.

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