Eli5 – how does the new google phone know what’s behind the images it removes from pictures?

Question

I keep seeing these comerciales for this new google(?) phones that will remove background images in photos (like people and animals). How does the phone know what’s behind the images that are being removed? Have they just photographed every inch of the earth already?

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Answer 1

It just basically replicates whatever is on either side of what’s being removed. If it’s person standing on a beach with sand, water, sky on either side it just replicates that. It’ll work a lot better in certain circumstances than others with more specific details.