People are using Google’s new AI model to remove watermarks from images

In social media, users have found a controversial use claim for the new Gemini AI model: delete watermarks from the pictures published with Getty photos and other well-known exchange media.

Google has expanded its access last week Twins 2.0 Flash The image generation feature of the model of the model that allows you to make and edit the image content. This is a strong abilityaccording to all accounts. However, it seems to be a few guard. Gemini 2.0 Flash will create images as imaging To describe celebrities and Copyright protected charactersand – As before – remove watermarks from existing photos.

New skill unlocked: Twins 2 Flash model is really awesome to remove watermarks in pictures! pic.twitter.com/6gik0flfcv

– DEEDY (@eeddas) March 15, 2025

Several x and Reddit Users noted that the Gemini 2.0 flash will not simply delete watermarks, but will try to fill the gaps created by a watermark. Other AI-powered tools also do it, but the twins 2.0 flash, it looks very skilled in it – and is free to use.

Gemini 2.0 in Google’s AI Studio is amazing to make pictures with simple text suggestions.

Can delete watermarks from the pictures (and instead puts a thin watermark 🤣) pic.twitter.com/znntqjst1z

– Tanay Jaipuria (@tayj) 16 March 2025

To be clear, the Gemini 2.0 Flash image feature is labeled as “experimental” and “not for production use” and only available in Google-developer-looking tools Learn. The model is also a perfect watermark cleaner. Gemini 2.0 Flash fights certain semi-transparent watermarks and watermarks that canvas large parts of the pictures.

Again, some copyright holders will definitely receive an issue with the lack of restrictions on the use of twins 2.0. Some models including anthropic Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Openai GPT-4Oclearly refuse to remove watermarks; Claude calls remove a watermark from an image of “ethical and potential illegal”.

Eliminating a watermark without the consent of the original owner is considered illegal for the US copyright law (according to) Such as law firms( out of the rare exceptions.

Google did not respond immediately to a request for a comment sent outside the normal working hours.

UPDATED 3/17 Pacific in 1:48 Pacific: Google spokesman provided the following statement:

“Using Google’s generative AI tools to deal with copyright violations is a violation of our terms of service. As in all experimental releases, we watch and listen to the developer’s reviews.”