# Google says 180 billion images and videos now carry SynthID watermarks as detector goes public

**Published:** October 7, 2026
**Author:** Manuel Uth
**Source:** The Decoder
**Language:** en-US
**HTML:** https://aiqazaqstan.com/en/articles/google-says-180-billion-images-and-videos-now-carry-synthid-watermarks-a

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 and Nvidia. More than 180 billion pieces of content already carry the watermark, but the tool only identifies…

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**Tags:** #OpenAI #Nvidia

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