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A hand holds a smartphone showing an image being scanned for AI generation, illustrating Google's public SynthID verification site

Google Opens SynthID Detector to Everyone: Upload Any Image, Video or Audio to Check for AI

Google just gave everyone a way to answer a question that keeps getting harder: is this real, or is it AI? On Wednesday, October 7, the company opened its SynthID detector to the public — a free site where anyone can upload an image, video or audio clip and check whether it carries the invisible watermark Google’s generative models stamp on their output. Google says its existing verification features, already built into the Gemini app and Chrome, now handle more than 1 million checks a day. ...

October 7, 2026 · 5 min · 981 words ·