Google’s Gemini 2.0 Flash being used to remove watermarks from images: Report

Google’s Gemini 2.0 Flash model is being used to remove watermarks from copyrighted content, according to users on social media who tried out the feature, reported TechCrunch. Users apparently discovered the trick when experimenting with Gemini 2.0 Flash’s image generation abilities. Some reported success with removing watermarks that are meant to stop the unauthorised re-use of protected images, while others said that some watermarks were only partially obscured, per the outlet. Google’s Gemini Flash 2.0 model was able to remove watermarks in some cases and fill in their background to make these spaces match the rest of the image.