Artificial Intelligence
Google opens SynthID detector to the public
Google made its SynthID Detector publicly available and said it could check for its invisible watermarks in images, video and audio, while claiming 180 billion marked images and videos.
- Google opened its SynthID Detector to the public.
- The tool checked for SynthID watermarks in JPG, PNG, MP4 and MP3 files.
- Google said the system covered content from models including Gemini, Veo and Lyria.
- Google said OpenAI, Nvidia and Kakao also used SynthID for media, and that Apple was expected to join soon.
- Google said more than 180 billion watermarked images and videos had been created to date.
Google made its SynthID Detector publicly available and said anyone could use it to check whether an image, video or audio file had been created by Google’s AI or its partners. The company said the detector worked only on content carrying a SynthID watermark.
Google said the detector identified invisible watermarks in content from models such as Gemini, Veo and Lyria. It supported JPG, PNG, MP4 and MP3 files.
The company said OpenAI, Nvidia and Kakao also used SynthID for media. Google also said Apple was expected to join soon, and that SynthID detection was already built into Google Search, the Gemini app and Chrome.
Google said those services received about one million verification requests a day. It also said more than 180 billion images and videos had been watermarked so far.
Named in this story
Companies
- opened SynthID Detector to public use and made the related claims
- OpenAI
- was named by Google as also using SynthID for media
- Nvidia
- was named by Google as also using SynthID for media
- Kakao
- was named by Google as also using SynthID for media
- Apple
- was said by Google to be expected to join soon
Products and systems
- SynthID Detector
- was made public as a watermark detection tool
- SynthID
- was the invisible watermark system the detector checked for
- Gemini
- was one of the Google models named as using SynthID
- Veo
- was one of the Google models named as using SynthID
- Lyria
- was one of the Google models named as using SynthID
- Google Search
- already used SynthID detection according to Google
- Gemini app
- already used SynthID detection according to Google
- Chrome
- already used SynthID detection according to Google
How the source tells it
The piece was largely factual, with mild vendor boosterism in the launch framing and Google’s unchallenged scale claims.
- vendor boosterism the launch was presented through Google’s own product claims and usage figures