People appear to be using Google's new Gemini model to remove watermarks from images, according to reports on social media.

Google's Gemini 2.0 Flash AI model efficiently removes watermarks from images, including those created by humans. While watermarking helps establish ownership and prevent copyright infringement, Gemini can easily circumvent these protections,

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US shares of the Chinese tech giant Baidu gained after the company revealed its Ernie X1 model, said to be as capable and more cost efficient than DeepSeek.

Baidu introduced Ernie X1, a reasoning model that can support tools such as advanced search, generation of AI images, and webpage reading.

KEY TAKEAWAYS Chinese tech giant Baidu said it has launched two artificial intelligence models, including the ERNIE X1, which it claims delivers the same performance as DeepSeek R1 “at only half the price.