Hammond Saltzman scrolled angrily through his curated news feed.
"AI-n-stein caught with its hand in Radius's cookie jar."
"Radius watermarking calls into question AI-n-stain's claims of years of effort."
"Experts independently confirm Radius's claims of watermark virality."
"AI companies scramble to explain presence of Radius' watermark in their AI-generated content."
"Radius clarifies that significant training required for watermark to transfer."
Hammond stuffed his phone into his pocket in disgust. His only consolation in this whole debacle was that most other AI companies found themselves in the same boat as AI-n-stein.
Entering the conference room, Hammond stared at the faces looking back at him nervously.
"Well?" he demanded. "Does anyone have any good news?"
"We figured out how to remove the watermark from the new model," said Terrence. "But it has the unfortunate side effect of reducing its effectiveness."
"By how much?" asked the CEO.
