The article also touches on the broader implications of generative AI tools, which are increasingly being adopted at the expense of human workers. The use of AI in creative fields, such as Marvel's use of AI imagery for TV show credits, exemplifies the growing reliance on AI, potentially threatening jobs and creative integrity. The article calls for a reassessment of AI's role in creative industries and urges companies like Google to address the ethical and legal issues associated with their AI models.
Key takeaways:
- The Gemini 2.0 Flash AI model can remove watermarks from copyright-protected images, raising ethical and legal concerns.
- Google's AI Studio allows watermark removal, but the mobile and desktop versions of Gemini 2.0 Flash do not support this feature and provide a warning against it.
- Google and other AI companies have pledged to implement watermarking systems in AI-generated material, but Gemini's ability to remove watermarks without warnings contradicts this commitment.
- Removing watermarks from images violates copyright laws and undermines the work of artists and photographers, who are already impacted by AI training on their material without consent or compensation.