A developer named aloshdenny has published a free, open-source tool on GitHub that partially bypasses SynthID, Google DeepMind's invisible watermark embedded in every Gemini-generated image. The project has accumulated over 1,600 GitHub stars, signaling rapid uptake in the developer community. SynthID works by embedding a pixel-level hidden pattern during image generation, one that survives cropping, screenshots, and compression and is detectable only by machine. The developer exploited a structural flaw: Google applies the same fixed pattern across all Gemini images. By averaging 200 plain black-and-white Gemini outputs, aloshdenny isolated the repeating watermark signal, built a detection tool with 90% accuracy, and then engineered a bypass that strips enough signal to cause Google's own detector to clear the image. Visual integrity is preserved entirely. The vulnerability lands at the center of India's IT Amendment Rules 2026, which came into force on February 20. Those rules require platforms to proactively detect and label synthetic content using reasonable technical measures, independent of any court or government order. Failure to comply risks loss of safe harbour protection. Watermark detection is a primary mechanism platforms are using to satisfy this obligation. A publicly accessible bypass means platforms may now pass manipulated Gemini images as clean, exposing them to legal liability they believed their detection infrastructure covered. MeitY's rules do not specify how platforms must respond when a watermark is deliberately stripped, and the ministry has not publicly addressed the gap.
India's Expenditure Finance Committee has cleared a Rs 1.25 lakh crore outlay for India Semiconductor Mission 2.0, up 64 percent from ISM 1.0's Rs 76,000 crore. The proposal now goes to the Cabinet, as two chip plants begin commercial output and a third, CG Semi, is set to open July 4, 2026.
The Supreme Court blocked Trump from firing Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook, preserving the Fed's independence from presidential removal power. A separate ruling the same day gave Trump broader authority to dismiss leaders of other independent federal agencies.
The US Supreme Court has blocked President Trump's attempt to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, who faced unproven mortgage fraud allegations. The ruling preserves Fed independence for now and keeps a politically charged removal case alive in the courts.
The US Supreme Court, splitting along ideological lines, has allowed the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status for Haitian and Syrian immigrants.
