Google Now Lets You Ask Gemini if an Image Was Created Using AI: How to Use

On Thursday, Google announced the launch of a new feature in the Gemini app that allows users to check whether an image has been created or edited using its company’s artificial intelligence (AI) tools. This move, according to the tech giant in Mountain View, is aimed at increasing transparency of content through SynthID, its digital watermarking technology. The ability to use such a capability will also be extended for support of more formats than images, including video and audio clips.

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Google says that all images created by its tools are embedded with SynthID. In the Gemini app, it now provides a verification to check whether an image was created by Google AI. In a statement the company said ‘We use visible watermarks for free users, Pro users and Ultra subscribers and enterprise tools to remove visible marks for professional work.

Google is also testing a verification portal called SynthID Detector with journalists and media professionals.

How to Verify if an Image Was Generated or Edited Using Gemini

Paraphrasing 1. The app for the Gemini app is open and uploads the image you want to see. The Files icon is used for uploading it from your device or the Gallery to add it back into your photo library.
2. After upload, enter a prompt like Was this created with Google AI? Or “Is this AI-generated?” in text field.
3. Gemini will then check for the SynthID watermark and use its own reasoning to return a response
4. The AI tool will tell you what percentage of the image was created using AI

The Google has found that SynthID verification is valid for images generated by its proprietary AI tools and will not support non-Google AI products, according to the company. In particular the company, it recently expanded this feature to academia, researchers and a number of media publishers.

Google said it will “promote” SynthID verification to support more formats in the future, adding up on its next step,” citing Google. This ability, which is currently limited to images, will also be extended to video and audio clips as well. The company also plans to add SynthID verification to more surfaces, including Search and other similar applications in the future.

In August 2023 Google DeepMind first announced the introduction of SynthID, a beta project designed to properly label AI-generated content.