Google is adding AI watermarks to photos manipulated by Magic Editor

Google Photos is adding its digital SynthID watermarks to photos that have been edited using the Magic Editor’s generative AI feature. The new feature is rolling out “this week” according to Google, and is intended to make it easier for people to quickly identify images that have been manipulated using the “reimagine” tool in Magic Editor.

SynthID is a watermarking system created by Google’s DeepMind team that embeds a digital metadata tag directly into images, video, audio, and…