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October 20262 stories

Google opens its SynthID detector for AI media to everyone

The free website checks images, video and audio for hidden watermarks from Google, OpenAI, Nvidia and Kakao. It cannot spot AI media from makers that use other systems.

Google opened its SynthID Detector website to everyone on October 7, after more than a year with early testers only. People can upload a file and see if it carries a SynthID watermark. It works in English and reads about 20 file types. Google says it cannot catch every AI-made file.

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Policy & LawOct 6

OpenAI to watermark ChatGPT text in the EU, with limits

An invisible mark will go into ChatGPT and Codex text for EU users in the coming weeks. OpenAI’s own tests show that swapping a quarter of the words hides most of it.

OpenAI said on October 5 that it will add an invisible watermark, called textGrain, to eligible ChatGPT and Codex text for users in the European Union. API customers anywhere can turn it on for select models. At first, only approved researchers can use the detector.

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Agents & AppsSep 9

ChatGPT Images 2.5 makes editing faster

The real upgrade is better control.

OpenAI says its new image model keeps important details during repeated edits and cuts waiting time. New sketch and comment tools also give people clearer ways to guide the result.

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