“I don’t live in EU, why should I have my AI output watermarked?” because EU law basically says: you can generate a text in your cozy SF cafe, but if it gets used in EU, some dude there must be able to detect if it was AI. welcome to the regulation party, everyone is invited https://x.com/Hesamation/status/20889708…

Andrew Curran@AndrewCurran_Aug 16

Any new model released after August 2nd 2026 must make its generated text detectable under Article 50(2) of the EU AI Act. OpenAI has publicly said they intend to remain in compliance. This means all future OpenAI models, including Astra, will launch with invisible watermarks.