Google will now allow users to remove visible watermark from its AI generations

谷歌现在允许用户移除其 AI 生成内容中的可见水印

Google announced on Friday that it will now allow users to remove a visible watermark from its AI generations, including images, videos, and songs. The company specified that this won’t affect the invisible SynthID watermark and C2PA standard-related metadata. 谷歌周五宣布，现在将允许用户移除其 AI 生成内容（包括图像、视频和歌曲）中的可见水印。该公司明确表示，此举不会影响不可见的 SynthID 水印以及与 C2PA 标准相关的元数据。

Josh Woodward, the company’s VP for Gemini, said in a post on X that this toggle will be available for Nano Banana, Omni, and Lyria models. He specified that the setting to turn the visible watermark off will be available in Gemini and Google’s video editor, Flow, with support for Search coming soon. 谷歌 Gemini 副总裁 Josh Woodward 在 X 上发文称，该开关将适用于 Nano Banana、Omni 和 Lyria 模型。他指出，关闭可见水印的设置将首先在 Gemini 和谷歌的视频编辑器 Flow 中提供，对搜索（Search）的支持也将很快上线。

The change reflects an evolving approach to labeling AI-generated media, as visible watermarks can often make content less useful for professional and creative work, but the need to identify AI-generated content remains. 这一变化反映了谷歌在标记 AI 生成媒体方面不断演进的策略。虽然可见水印往往会降低内容在专业和创意工作中的实用性，但识别 AI 生成内容的需求依然存在。

“We’re striking a balance here between creative control and safety: while the visible watermarks are now optional, invisible SynthID watermarks and C2PA metadata are still being used for transparency. So you can still use Gemini or Search to see if an image was AI-generated,” he wrote. 他写道：“我们正在创意控制与安全性之间寻求平衡：虽然可见水印现在变为可选，但不可见的 SynthID 水印和 C2PA 元数据仍将用于保持透明度。因此，你仍然可以使用 Gemini 或搜索功能来查看图像是否由 AI 生成。”

The feature is rolling out in the coming days, and once available, users will be able to go to Settings > Media Watermark to turn the visible mark on or off. Google is also open sourcing a new library called Credentio to let developers embed a local validation mechanism in their apps. 该功能将在未来几天内推出。一旦上线，用户可以通过“设置 > 媒体水印”（Settings > Media Watermark）来开启或关闭可见水印。此外，谷歌还开源了一个名为 Credentio 的新库，允许开发者在他们的应用程序中嵌入本地验证机制。

This comes after Anthropic’s hotly debated move to include a watermark in text and files generated by Claude to comply with EU regulations. 在此之前，Anthropic 为了遵守欧盟法规，在其 Claude 模型生成的文本和文件中加入水印的举措引发了广泛争议。