Google accounts are no longer required to access Gemini AI on the web. However, like ChatGPT, some limitations apply.

Since launch, the Gemini app has required that you sign in with your Google Account to access. That’s no longer the case. As of today, visiting gemini.google.com in Incognito Mode or similar takes you directly to the chat interface instead of the previous landing page.

Many of us are most familiar with Google Assistant thanks to its inclusion on the company’s smart speakers, but the humble Assistant has been a key part of every Android phone and tablet since 2016. Now its time is coming to an end.

Tools like Watermark Remover.io can already scrub marks from companies like Shutterstock, and a research team at Google built a watermark removal algorithm in 2017 to highlight the need for more secure protections. Conversely, some AI tools — like OpenAI’s GPT-4o — will refuse requests to remove them.

The speedy progress of AI development continues to dominate headlines, but the latest story to hit the news cycle is more bad press than good press: It turns out that Google's latest Gemini 2.0 Flash image editor is rather adept at automatically removing watermarks from images.

Google’s newest AI model, Gemini 2.0 Flash, is exceptionally good at removing watermarks from copyrighted images including Getty Images, according to multiple users. However, AI watermark removal does raise copyright concerns.