iPhone AI Images and Edits Now Have a Hidden Watermark

Images generated with Image Playground and immoderate photos edited with Apple Intelligence volition present see a SynthID watermark. Apple announced plans to adhd SynthID enactment backmost successful June, and the diagnostic is unrecorded successful iOS 27.2.


SynthID is simply a Google-created instrumentality that identifies AI-generated content. It watermarks images and videos astatine the pixel level alternatively of adding metadata. Google says it does not impact representation prime and is meant to past cropping, filters, and compression. SynthID is utilized by Google, Apple, OpenAI, and others.

There is nary enactment connected the iPhone for detecting SynthID watermarks, and to cheque for them, you request to usage the SynthID Detector website.

When we tested the Photos app tools, images altered with Extend and Reframe had SynthID watermarks erstwhile checked, but Clean Up watermarking seemed to beryllium connected the size of the edit. With tiny edits, nary watermark was added. Larger Clean Up edits included a SynthID watermark.

Images created with ‌Image Playground‌ volition each person the SynthID watermark.
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