You can now ask the Gemini app if an image was made by AI, thanks to Google’s SynthID tool

• You can now identify AI-generated images in the Gemini app
• Google uses SynthID technology to identify any AI image created using a Google app
• Google will also maintain a visible watermark on all AI images created on the free and Google AI Pro tiers

AI-generated images, at least those made using Google apps, just got easier to spot. From today you can upload an image that you’re unsure about into the Gemini app on your mobile and simply ask it, “was this image generated by Google AI?”

The technology that enables this feature is called SynthID. Google says it is starting its implementation on images, but will expand it to audio and video soon.

A release from Google says: “In addition to SynthID, we will maintain a visible watermark (the Gemini sparkle) on images generated by free and Google AI Pro tier users ...