People use the new Google AI model to remove watermarks from images

Social media users have found a controversial case for using the new Gemini Ai Model: Removal of Water Signs from Images, including images published by Getty Images and other well -known commodity media outlets.

Last week Google expanded access to his Twins 2.0 flash The image generation feature that allows the model to generate and edit the content of the image. It’s powerful abilityon all accounts. But there seems to be a few railings. Flas representative and Copyright charactersAnd – as mentioned early – remove watermarks from existing photos.

New skill unlocked: Flash Model Gemini 2 is really great when removing watermarks in images! pic.twitter.com/6Qik0FLCV

– Deedy (@deedydas) March 15, 2025

Like a few x and Reddit Users have noted that Gemini 2.0 Flash will not just remove watermarks, but will also try to fill in all the gaps created by deleting a watermark. Other AI tools also do this, but it seems that the Gemini 2.0 Flash is extremely qualified in it-and free to use.

Gemini 2.0 Flash available in Google’s Ai Studio is amazing when editing images with simple text prompts.

It can also remove water signs from images (and instead puts its fine watermark 🤣) pic.twitter.com/znhtqjst1z

– Tanay Jaipuria (@tayj) March 16, 2025

To make it clear, the Gemini 2.0 Flash Image generation feature is referred to as “experimental” and “not to use manufacturing” currently and is only available in Google Developer Tools such as Google as To studyS The model is also not a perfect means of removing a watermark. Flash Gemini 2.0 Flash fights certain translucent watermarks and watermarks that accumulate large parts of images.

However, some copyright holders will surely cope with the lack of restrictions on the use of Gemini 2.0 Flash. Some models including anthropic Claude 3.7 Sonnet and on Openai GPT-4Oexplicitly refuses to remove watermarks; Claude calls the removal of a watermark from the image “unethical and potentially illegal”.

The removal of a watermark without the consent of the original owner is considered illegal under the US Copyright Act (as per Law firms like this)) Out of rare exceptionsS

Google did not immediately reply to a request for a comment sent out of normal working hours.

Updated 3/17 at 1:48 pm Pacific Ocean: Google spokesman provided the following statement:

“The use of Google AI for copyrights is a violation of our service conditions.