Overview
Google has introduced the SynthID Detector, a new online portal designed to help users identify content generated by Google’s AI tools through embedded watermarks. The tool aims to boost transparency in generative media and is initially rolling out to early testers, with broader access planned in the future.
SynthID Detector: Purpose and Capabilities
- SynthID Detector allows users to upload images, audio, video, or text to check for an embedded SynthID watermark.
- The portal highlights specific content regions where the watermark is detected, increasing verification accuracy.
- SynthID watermarks are robust, surviving sharing and common transformations, and work across content types including text, audio, images, and video.
- Over 10 billion pieces of AI-generated content have been watermarked with SynthID so far.
How SynthID Detector Works
- Users upload content created with Google AI tools to the portal for analysis.
- The system scans for SynthID watermarks and displays results, indicating which portions of the content are most likely watermarked.
- This detection works for all supported modalities: images, audio, video, and text.
- Video and text watermark detection features will be rolled out in coming weeks.
Ecosystem Expansion and Partnerships
- Google has open sourced SynthID text watermarking, enabling developers to integrate the technology with their own models.
- Google partnered with NVIDIA to watermark content produced by NVIDIA’s AI video tools, expanding SynthID’s application beyond Google products.
- A partnership with GetReal Security will allow broader detection of SynthID watermarked content, supporting industry-wide verification.
Access and Availability
- SynthID Detector is available to early testers, with journalists, media professionals, and researchers invited to join a waitlist.
- Broader public access is planned following initial feedback from early users.
Goals and Commitment
- SynthID aims to counter misinformation and misattribution by providing a reliable verification method for AI-generated content.
- Google emphasizes ongoing collaboration with the AI community to further develop transparency tools for generative media.