{"slug": "googles-got-spirit-yes-it-does", "title": "Google’s got Spirit (yes it does)", "summary": "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.", "body_md": "Good morning. I hope you had a wonderful weekend. Today I’m reading more about [Anthropic’s strange new text watermarking process](https://daringfireball.net/2026/08/anthropics_watermark_text_adulteration_in_claude_is_a_perversion_of_writing), watching [this historic Joshua Baéz home run recap](https://youtu.be/o3gVACCqgsw) on repeat, listening to the [incredible new Phoebe Bridgers album](https://open.spotify.com/album/2NSzwyYvQvdOQAoEjrlw9c), and getting stuck into Daniel Mason’s new satire, [Country People](https://www.danielmasonbooks.com/).\n\nAs a reminder, *Inbox* is the tech newsletter you should be able to read in around 95 seconds. We cover the most important 9to5Google stories from the last couple of days along with a few highlights from around the web. We publish every Tuesday and Thursday, and if you like what you read, [please subscribe](https://9to5google.beehiiv.com/subscribe).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/googles-got-spirit-yes-it-does", "canonical_source": "https://9to5google.com/2026/08/18/inbox-newsletter-11/", "published_at": "2026-08-18 11:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-18 12:43:47.353720+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-ethics", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Google", "Anthropic", "Claude", "Daring Fireball", "9to5Google", "Inbox"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/googles-got-spirit-yes-it-does", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/googles-got-spirit-yes-it-does.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/googles-got-spirit-yes-it-does.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/googles-got-spirit-yes-it-does.jsonld"}}