Google’s Latest AI Tool Effortlessly Removes Watermarks From Images; Internet Says ‘AI Is Screwing Artists’

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As if the rampant plagiarism via text-to-text, text-to-images, and text-to-video prompting with AI tools wasn’t any worse; Users on X/Twitter (primarily) sharing how they bypassed copyrights (and stole the rightful revenue of artists) by getting rid of *drum roll* watermarks! That the contentious use case of Gemini 2.0 Flash somehow evaded the developers is insane. Google’s new AI tool not only removes them watermarks but also replaces the same with a tiny Gemini AI logo in the image, which is barely noticeable.

Ready to upgrade from Gemini 1.5? 🚀

Developers can start building with Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite in @Google AI Studio and @GoogleCloud‘s #VertexAI. 🛠️

It offers improved performance across reasoning, multimodal, math and factuality benchmarks, while also being a more… pic.twitter.com/8JwTKF7uRO
— Google DeepMind (@GoogleDeepMind) February 25, 2025

We’re thrilled that Gemini 2.0 Flash and Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite are leading the @lmarena_ai Arena-Price Plot in cost for performance for LLMs. 📈

See the live rankings → https://t.co/yLfXawZecW pic.twitter.com/w66FssozMF
— Google DeepMind (@GoogleDeepMind) February 10, 2025

✨ Announcing updates to the Gemini model family:

-Gemini 2.0 Flash is now generally available
-Gemini 2.0 Pro Experimental is available in AI Studio and Vertex AI
-Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite, an efficient, cost-effective model is in public preview

Dive in → https://t.co/BFZFv1BKc5 pic.twitter.com/Yg7EyH9Uo6
— Google for Developers (@googledevs) February 5, 2025

Several users shared their results on the platform, without remorse, bragging about the same as if they achieved insane skill! Luckily, this is not what the internet at large is using the Google Gemini 2.0 Flash for. Some users are using the tool to swap garments by uploading the apparel on the AI. It works with a set of multiple images (for multiple products). Some users have deployed the AI to (re)design their living room and other spaces. It can also generate storybooks, replace objects in a picture, replace the color of the objects in the picture, and much more.

Just discovered a fantastic new use for Google Gemini Flash 2.0 Image Generation: pic.twitter.com/89LKnN3B9s
— George Arrowsmith (@ThatArrowsmith) March 16, 2025

Alright, Google really killed it here.

You can easily swap your garment just by uploading the pieces to Gemini Flash 2.0 and telling it what to do. pic.twitter.com/pNPBkIdRqy
— Halim Alrasihi (@HalimAlrasihi) March 14, 2025

Worked perfectly on the first try! Thanks @HalimAlrasihi pic.twitter.com/03YzcJ158k
— Mark Hernandez (@mhernie) March 15, 2025

Google Gemini 2.0 Flash is insane 🤯

Anyone can now easily edit photos using just text or other photos.

Here’s how, plus 10 wild examples: 👇 pic.twitter.com/RSOlryGb0i
— Min Choi (@minchoi) March 16, 2025

This is CRAZY!

Gemini 2.0 Flash Experimental is really mind-blowing when it comes to editing images! pic.twitter.com/XNnuOIRpTn
— Nima Owji (@nima_owji) March 15, 2025

While the general verdict on the interweb is “Google really cooked with this one, the internet is concerned about copyrights and ethics, which now largely lies on the users. One user remarked, “Bro this is illegal.” Another wrote, “Getty Images is probably pissed right now.” “How is this a skill,” asked another user. “RIP NFTs,” reacted one user, while another lamented, “AI is screwing artists.” “Because copyright theft is awesome. Bro how tone deaf could you be?” asked one netizen.

Google Gemini 2.0 Flash is insane 🤯

Anyone can now easily edit photos using just text or other photos.

Here’s how, plus 10 wild examples: 👇 pic.twitter.com/RSOlryGb0i
— Min Choi (@minchoi) March 16, 2025