Google Photos has a "Reimagine" tool that can drastically change the appearance of a photo, and now SynthID will tell you whether AI was used.

Spotting AI's work can be increasingly difficult as its capabilities and subtleties continue to improve. This continued shift makes labeling AI generated work all the more critical — something that is being done in bits and pieces.

Google on Thursday announced that effective this week, it will begin adding a digital watermark to images in Photos that are edited with generative AI.

Google Photos is adding its digital SynthID watermarks to photos that have been edited using the Magic Editor’s generative AI feature. The new feature is rolling out “this week” according to Google, and is intended to make it easier for people to quickly identify images that have been manipulated using the “reimagine” tool in Magic Editor.

Google has announced that Google Photos will begin using SynthID to mark images edited with generative AI through the Reimagine feature in Magic Editor. SynthID is a digital watermarking technology that embeds an imperceptible identifier into AI-generated content, including images, audio, text, and video.

近期，人工智能（AI）在媒体内容生成领域的进步令人瞩目，由其创造的图像、视频甚至音频已达到难辨真假的程度。例如，“威尔·史密斯品尝意大利面”的热门梗图，便是AI生成内容广泛传播的一个缩影。然而，这种技术的飞速发展也引发了伦理上的担忧，特别是关于虚假信息的潜在传播风险。

Big fans of using AI to generate fake realities, Google has some news for you. The Reimagine tool in Magic Editor will now embed an “imperceptible, digital watermark” directly into your images through Google Photos,

DeepMind's SynthID technology embeds imperceptible watermarks directly into AI-generated images, detectable by specialized AI algorithms. This watermarking initiative aims to increase transparency around AI-generated content and help users identify images that have been manipulated.

All photos that derive creative benefits from AI courtesy of Magic Editor's Reimagine tool will be watermarked at the pixel-level in the Google Photos app.