Google now permits you to nix seen Gemini picture watermarks
“We’re placing a steadiness right here between artistic management and security,” Woodard wrote on X, including that the choice to drop the seen watermark is out there for the Nano Banana picture mannequin, the Omni mannequin for movies, and Lyria for generated music.
You’ll find the choice in your Gemini settings; simply click on Media watermark, then choose both On or Off. I attempted it myself (above), and as promised, the ensuing Gemini picture landed and not using a Gemini emblem watermark.
A brand new Gemini toggle now permits you to decide whether or not this watermark seems on Gemini-created photos.
Ben Patterson (Gemini)/Foundry
Beforehand, all Gemini-generated photos and movies got here with a telltale Gemini icon within the bottom-right nook, which served as a visible cue that the content material was generated by AI. The power to take away seen watermarks from Gemini-created photos popped up in a top-10 listing of requested Gemini options final month.
The brand new Gemini watermark toggle gained’t seem in nations the place seen AI watermarks are required, Woodard wrote.
It’s price noting that ChatGPT’s picture creator doesn’t stamp visible watermarks on generated photos or movies in any respect, though it does embed such content material with invisible watermarks. The Claude desktop app doesn’t supply a local picture generator.
The timing of Google’s announcement about its visible watermark toggle is just a little awkward, given the hubbub this week over Anthropic’s information that Claude fashions will quickly embed all generated textual content with invisible watermarks.
