Google launches SynthID website to verify AI content — TechCrunch
Google has launched the SynthID website, which allows users to check whether an image, video, or audio recording was created using artificial intelligence. Previously, the tool was tested by selected...
Google has launched the SynthID website, which allows users to check whether an image, video, or audio recording was created using artificial intelligence. Previously, the tool was tested by selected journalists, media professionals, and researchers, but it has now been opened to everyone, TechCrunch reports .
Which files can be checked The service supports images in JPG, JPEG, PNG, BMP, WEBP, AVIF, HEIC, HEIF, TIFF, TIF, and GIF formats. Available video formats are MP4, MOV, and WEBM, while supported audio formats are WAV, MP3, OGG, FLAC, AAC, and M4A. Google uses SynthID technology for verification, which was introduced in 2023.
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It adds watermarks to media files created by the Nano Banana, Veo, and Lyria models, as well as the Gemini, Flow, ProducerAI, and Vids tools. More current news is available on the UA.News Telegram channel Telegram . Verification in Google services The company has already integrated SynthID verification into the Gemini app and the Google Chrome browser.
According to Google, users submit about 1 million content verification requests every day. SynthID is also supported by OpenAI, NVIDIA, and Kakao. OpenAI maintains a separate website for checking content.
At the same time, TechCrunch notes that media labeling and verification tools, including Microsoft and Meta standards, are not flawless and sometimes fail to recognize materials created by the developers' own models.
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