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Google’s got Spirit (yes it does)

Google has introduced a new feature called Spirit, which is a text watermarking process for its AI model Claude, developed by Anthropic. The feature has been criticized as a perversion of writing by Daring Fireball. The announcement was made in the 9to5Google newsletter Inbox, which covers the most important tech stories from the last couple of days.

read1 min views1 publishedAug 18, 2026

Good morning. I hope you had a wonderful weekend. Today I’m reading more about Anthropic’s strange new text watermarking process, watching this historic Joshua Baéz home run recap on repeat, listening to the incredible new Phoebe Bridgers album, and getting stuck into Daniel Mason’s new satire, Country People.

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