Google opens SynthID Detector website for checking AI-made media
The new site expands provenance checks beyond Google-generated content and adds partner marks from OpenAI, NVIDIA, Kakao and soon Apple.
Google has opened a global SynthID Detector website that lets anyone check whether images, video, or audio were made with AI, which makes Google’s watermarking system much more useful for journalists, developers, and other users who need provenance checks. The tool now recognizes SynthID marks from Google partners as well, including OpenAI, NVIDIA, Kakao, and soon Apple, instead of only Google-generated media. Google says its built-in verification in Search, the Gemini app, and Chrome already handles more than 1 million requests a day. The company also says it has watermarked over 180 billion images and videos and 240,000 years of audio since SynthID launched in 2023.
Why it matters
That widens the set of images, video and audio that can be checked in one place, which makes provenance checks more practical for people who need to tell AI-made media from recorded content. Google’s existing verification tools are already handling more than 1 million requests a day, so the new website builds on a system that is already being used at scale.
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Sources
- Google Blog
- TechCrunch
- Ars Technica