At the Google I/O conference, Google announced a new tool, SynthID Detector, which allows you to check whether content was created using Google’s artificial intelligence tools.
At the Google I/O conference, Google announced a new tool, SynthID Detector, which allows you to check whether content was created using Google’s artificial intelligence tools.
In a blog post, Google DeepMind’s Pushmit Kohli describes SynthID Detector as a «verification portal» that can «quickly and efficiently identify content created with Google AI.» It can also «highlight which parts of content are more likely to have been watermarked with SynthID.»
According to Kohli, SynthID watermarks are applied to images, text, audio and video generated by artificial intelligence, including content created by Google’s Gemini, Imagen, Lyria and Veo models.
Here’s how the tool works. When you upload an image, audio track, video, or piece of text generated by Google’s AI tools, the portal scans the media for the presence of a SynthID watermark. If a watermark is detected, the portal will highlight specific parts of the content that are most likely to contain watermarks. For audio, the portal points to specific segments where a SynthID watermark is detected, and for images, the portal points to areas where a watermark is most likely to be present.
Google is starting to roll out the tool to «early testers,» Kohli notes in his post.
«After the initial testing phase, the portal will be gradually rolled out to users who sign up for a waitlist to access SynthID Detector,» Kohli told The Verge. «We will learn from this cohort of professionals and work to implement content transparency more broadly.»
On May 20, Google showed off a lot of interesting things during the Google I/O '25 Keynote. Among the new features are Google Meet, an AI agent in Gemini, Search with AI Mode, and many other tools.
