{"slug": "google-says-180-billion-images-and-videos-now-carry-synthid-watermarks-as-goes", "title": "Google says 180 billion images and videos now carry SynthID watermarks as detector goes public", "summary": "Google's SynthID watermark detector is now publicly available, allowing anyone to check whether images, videos, or audio were created by Google's AI or partners including OpenAI and Nvidia, The Decoder reported. Google says more than 180 billion pieces of content already carry the SynthID watermark, though the tool identifies only SynthID-tagged content and not AI-generated media in general.", "body_md": "# Google says 180 billion images and videos now carry SynthID watermarks as detector goes public\n\nBy Manuel UthSource: \n\n[The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com)\n        Google's AI watermark detector SynthID is now public. Anyone can check whether images, videos, or audio were created by Google's AI or partners like [OpenAI](https://www.machinebrief.com/glossary/openai) and [Nvidia](https://www.machinebrief.com/glossary/nvidia). More than 180 billion pieces of content already carry the watermark, but the tool only identifies SynthID-tagged content, not AI-generated media in general.\n\nThe article [Google says 180 billion images and videos now carry SynthID watermarks as detector goes public](https://the-decoder.com/google-says-180-billion-images-and-videos-now-carry-synthid-watermarks-as-detector-goes-public/) appeared first on [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com).\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-says-180-billion-images-and-videos-now-carry-synthid-watermarks-as-goes", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/google-says-180-billion-images-and-videos-now-carry-synthid-ytae", "published_at": "2026-10-07 17:50:17+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-07 18:20:32.219014+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "generative-ai", "ai-safety", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Google", "SynthID", "OpenAI", "Nvidia", "The Decoder"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-says-180-billion-images-and-videos-now-carry-synthid-watermarks-as-goes", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-says-180-billion-images-and-videos-now-carry-synthid-watermarks-as-goes.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-says-180-billion-images-and-videos-now-carry-synthid-watermarks-as-goes.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-says-180-billion-images-and-videos-now-carry-synthid-watermarks-as-goes.jsonld"}}