Policy
SpaceXSI quietly flips Grok API text watermarking to off by default
The New Stack · By Paul Sawers ·
The Brief
- SpaceXSI appears to have reversed its plan to automatically watermark text generated by its Grok AI models.
- The change is reflected in SpaceXSI's updated output watermarking documentation, according to The New Stack.
- Text watermarking for the Grok API is now off by default.
Why it matters
If you build on the Grok API, generated text will not carry a watermark by default, so do not assume provenance markers are present in its output.
Who’s affected
- Developers using the Grok API
What to do
- Check SpaceXSI's updated output watermarking documentation if your product relies on watermarked text.
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