Google opens SynthID detector to the world

Google opened SynthID Detector to the public so anyone can check whether an image, video, or audio clip was generated by AI from Google or its partners. The tool detects invisible watermarks embedded by models such as Gemini, Veo, and Lyria, and supports JPG, PNG, MP4, and MP3 files.

Google DeepMind announced that SynthID Detector is now available to everyone for checking whether online content was generated by Google AI or tools from its industry partners. Partners include OpenAI, NVIDIA, and Kakao, with Apple expected to join. The site is https://synthid.com.

Google announced that its SynthID detector now supports watermarks embedded by all partners and launched the standalone website SynthID.com for public use. Previously, people outside Google's trusted tester group could check watermarks only by asking Gemini, and the detector recognized only Google's own version of SynthID; images watermarked by partners such as ChatGPT were not flagged.

Google launched a new website on Tuesday that lets anyone check whether an image, video, or audio clip was AI-generated. The tool had previously been available only to select journalists, media professionals, and researchers. The site supports image formats including JPG, PNG, and GIF; video formats including MP4, MOV, and WEBM; and audio formats including WAV, MP3, and FLAC. Detection is based on SynthID, which Google introduced in 2023.