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Winbuzzer<p>Google’s Gemini AI Sparks Backlash Over Watermark Removal Capabilities</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GoogleAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoogleAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeminiAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeminiAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Alphabet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alphabet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIregulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIregulation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WatermarkRemoval" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WatermarkRemoval</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ImageProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImageProtection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CopyrightAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CopyrightAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SynthID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SynthID</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIMisuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIMisuse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIcontroversy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIcontroversy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIEthics</span></a></p><p><a href="https://winbuzzer.com/2025/03/17/googles-gemini-ai-sparks-backlash-over-watermark-removal-capabilities-xcxwbn/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">winbuzzer.com/2025/03/17/googl</span><span class="invisible">es-gemini-ai-sparks-backlash-over-watermark-removal-capabilities-xcxwbn/</span></a></p>
Justin D Kruger (he/him)<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@rasterweb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rasterweb</span></a></span> <br>For a <a href="https://me.dm/tags/Cryptographic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cryptographic</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/ImageProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImageProtection</span></a> solution in the browser, <br>Create an <a href="https://me.dm/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> javascript library that can take an encrypted asset and then decrypt it. Then render the image in a <a href="https://me.dm/tags/HTML5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HTML5</span></a> &lt;canvas&gt; tag.</p><p>I see two possible implementations:</p><p>1. <a href="https://me.dm/tags/openkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openkey</span></a> system - meant to add a decryption step; it won't stop anyone who uses the same library to decrypt it. which requires willful intent to steal the image.</p><p>2. use a private system, and use auth or payment to release a key</p>
Justin D Kruger (he/him)<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@rasterweb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rasterweb</span></a></span> Ultimately, <a href="https://me.dm/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/ImageProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImageProtection</span></a> will likely depend on some registration service that will index the image, register its existence, licenses, and restrictions, and then will depend on the legal system to go after bad actors.</p><p>This would take years or decades to come full circle, but getting around copy protection on CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays has set some case law and example law on the topic, so it's not brand new.</p>
Justin D Kruger (he/him)<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@rasterweb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rasterweb</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://me.dm/tags/metadata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metadata</span></a> and <a href="https://me.dm/tags/microformats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microformats</span></a> could provide <a href="https://me.dm/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/ImageProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImageProtection</span></a> by clearly labeling the usage rights of the artwork being scraped or sampled. This won't prevent bad actors, but it will make it easy for people and companies to do the right thing.</p><p>Just ingest the microformat and see if it meets your use-case.</p><p><a href="https://me.dm/tags/Flickr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Flickr</span></a> has similar metadata on many images in its APIs, but the spec could use an update for the <a href="https://me.dm/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> age.</p>
Justin D Kruger (he/him)<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@rasterweb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rasterweb</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://me.dm/tags/Cryptographic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cryptographic</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/ImageProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImageProtection</span></a> can work for a few reasons</p><p>1. declares an intent to protect<br>2. amplifies <a href="https://me.dm/tags/copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>copyright</span></a> law around encrypted content<br>3. scrappers are usually simple, and this adds complexity at a different layer than the machine learning algorithm<br>4. <a href="https://me.dm/tags/cryptography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptography</span></a> adds compute time to the process; how much depends on how dense the method is.</p><p>But <a href="https://me.dm/tags/metadata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metadata</span></a> and <a href="https://me.dm/tags/microformats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microformats</span></a> are also useful</p>
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