This new AI photo watermark remover is worrying

AI is causing all sorts of trouble for the creative community, with stealing from human artists being just one of the major issues. But a new service that's appeared on Product Hunt is a nightmare for copyright in a different way, because this technology, named WatermarkRemover.io, promises to remove watermarks from photos for free.

When a photo is out in the wild online, watermarks are often the only thing protecting a photographer's work. So the advent of a free tool that can remove them is extremely worrying for the creative community – and leads to many questions about what the future holds for the regulation of AI technology. This certainly won't be added to our list of the best photo apps any time soon.