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Google expands SynthID detection to media from more AI companies
Google has expanded SynthID Detector, a tool for checking whether media carries an AI watermark.
The tool can now check images, videos and audio from OpenAI, NVIDIA and Kakao, in addition to media from Google’s own models.
Google says it plans to add AI-generated media from Apple soon.
SynthID works by detecting an invisible watermark embedded by certain AI models, rather than by judging whether content looks AI-made.
People can upload a file at synthid.com after signing in with a Google, Apple or ChatGPT account.
The tool can only help identify media that carries a SynthID watermark, so it may not detect AI content made without one.
Google says it has watermarked more than 180 billion images and videos and 240,000 years of audio since SynthID launched in 2023.
Google has expanded SynthID detection to images, videos and audio from OpenAI, NVIDIA and Kakao, in addition to Google’s models.
The company says support for AI-generated media from Apple will be added soon.
The SynthID Detector checks media for watermarks embedded by certain AI models.
Google says SynthID has watermarked more than 180 billion images and videos and 240,000 years’ worth of audio since its 2023 launch.
- Who
- Google expanded the SynthID Detector to cover media from OpenAI, NVIDIA and Kakao.
- What
- The tool detects SynthID watermarks in images, videos and audio.
- When
- The expansion was reported on October 11, 2026.
- Where
- Users can access the tool at synthid.com.
- Why
- SynthID was created to help identify AI-generated or manipulated media.
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SynthID launched.
Mashable reported that SynthID detection had expanded to media from OpenAI, NVIDIA and Kakao.
- Supported companies
- OpenAI, NVIDIA and Kakao
- Planned company
- Apple
- Website
- synthid.com
- Launch year
- 2023
- Watermarked images and videos
- More than 180 billion
- Watermarked audio
- 240,000 years’ worth
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