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Spotting AI's work can be increasingly difficult as its capabilities and subtleties continue to improve. This continued shift makes labeling AI generated work all the more critical — something that is being done in bits and pieces.

Google has announced an enhancement to its AI detection capabilities in Google Photos by integrating its SynthID technology. Starting this week, images edited using the Reimagine feature within Magic Editor will carry an invisible watermark, helping users spot AI modifications.

Google already uses SynthID to watermark pictures created with its Imagen image generation tool. However, it has now added the feature to pictures, AI-generated or not, that users have edited with Reimagine. Reimagine is currently available only on the Pixel 9 series and newer, but all devices can read the SynthID watermarks.

Google Photos will start using SynthID to watermark images edited with Magic Editor's Reimagine tool this week.

Google has announced that Google Photos will begin using SynthID to mark images edited with generative AI through the Reimagine feature in Magic Editor. SynthID is a digital watermarking technology that embeds an imperceptible identifier into AI-generated content, including images, audio, text, and video.

Google Photos’ Reimagine feature gets support by SynthID AI watermark. Google Photos has received a plethora of AI-powered features for some time now. “Reimagine,” available