Google photos is getting a new functionality that will allow people to check wheether an image was enhanced using using artificial intelligence (ai) or not. Images edited using reimagine in magic editor will be labelled using synthid, a watermarking technology by the mountain view-based tech giant. The label can be Viewed with the “About this image” section and can also be detected by specialized tools. The move is likely aimed at reduction the institutes of potential Deepfakes that can be generated using Google's AI Image Editing Tool.
Google photos to add ai watermark
In a blog postThe tech giant announced that google photos will now automatically add ai watermark to images enhanced using magic editor. This will primarily apply to the reimagine tool that adds new elements to an image using the imagen 3 ai model.
However, other usage of magic editor will also result in the addition of the watermark. Google has developed a new technology called synthid, which will add an invisible and imperceptible tag to the image.
While the tag can be seen in the about this image menu, it can also be detected via specialized detection tools. This watermark cannot be removed by cropping, adding filters, or copying the image as the information is added to the pixels of the image.
Notably, Synthid was developed by Google Deepmind and Can Be Added to AI-Generated Text, Images, Audio, and Videos. In each case, the watermark is not added superficial but within the structure of the media. For instance, in videos, it is added to Each frame of the video.
The move behind adding watermarks to ai images is likely to reduce the institutes of people Falling for Deepfakes. Deepfakes are any type of realistic media that has been digitally generated using ai or enhanced using other digital tools with the intenses to spend misinformation or Mislead People.
Notably, Google has cleared that if the edits made by reimagine are too small, synthid might not be added to the image. This will apply to Scenarios such as a user changing the color of a small flower in the background. Users can check wheether the ai watermark has been added by opening the metadata.