Google makes SynthID Detector available worldwide for checking AI-generated media
Google has opened SynthID Detector to everyone, offering checks for SynthID watermarks in photos, videos and audio. The service is now available worldwide in English, but it cannot distinguish fully AI-generated media from AI-edited content.
Google has made SynthID Detector available to users worldwide. The website checks uploaded photos, videos and audio files for a SynthID digital watermark indicating that AI was used to create the media.
The service is available in English and requires users to sign in. It is not a general-purpose AI detector: it only works with media containing Google’s SynthID technology.
Supported AI media sources
SynthID Detector can identify media generated with AI from Google, OpenAI, Nvidia and Kakao. Apple plans to support SynthID later this year.
SynthID watermarks are invisible to people but detectable through Google’s website. The tool cannot distinguish AI-generated media from AI-edited media.
The detector was previously available only to members of the media. SynthID checks are also integrated into Search, Gemini and Chrome as alternative ways to identify supported content.
What we know
- Google has opened SynthID Detector to users worldwide.
- The website checks photos, videos and audio for invisible SynthID watermarks.
- The service supports AI media from Google, OpenAI, Nvidia and Kakao.
- Detector cannot tell fully AI-generated content from AI-edited media.
- Apple plans to support SynthID later this year.
Trust: Single source
- The story relies on one publisher. A second independent confirmation has not been established from the cited sources.
- Sources: MacRumors.
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