Despite developing some of the most realistic AI on the planet, Google is also helping people identify AI-generated content. It’s developing tools that will watermark and spot AI-generated content to help mitigate AI-related misinformation. According to a new report, Google Photos will now identify AI-generated content.
Recently, Google released the SynthID Text tool. This is a tool that will watermark AI-generated text to help people identify it. It’s a pretty complicated process, but it’s a helpful tool. Right now, it’s available to developers and businesses to test out. We’re not sure if there will be a public-facing tool coming down the line.
Google Photos will identify AI-generated images
While Google Photos isn’t quite a social media platform, it’s still nice that the company is looking to add this functionality. Just like with platforms like Facebook and Instagram, Google will have a dedicated section letting you know that the image you’re viewing has been created using AI.
Google’s implementation goes a bit further. It will add a tag that will tell you how the image was altered or if it was fully generated and it will tell you which tool was used. Looking at the screenshot below, you’ll see this. We see “Credit: Made with Google AI. Digital Source Type: Created using Generative AI.”
The screenshot also points to an unfortunate quality of this tool. You won’t see this information when viewing images. Rather, Google placed it in the image’s metadata; and it placed this information at the bottom. If you’re casually looking at images, you’re not likely to summon the metadata panel and scroll all the way to the bottom. Google may as well not even bother.
In any case, the report states that this new feature was spotted on version 7.3 of the Google Photos app. However, we’re using a phone running version 7.4.0.687342855, and it’s not visible. So, this could be a serverside update. Google officially announced the feature, and it will show up for photos edited with MAgic Editor, Magic Eraser, and Zoom Enhance along with other types of AI editing.
