Want to know if an image is an AI deepfake or not? Use this OpenAI tool

OpenAI tool will look for provenance signals associated with images generated by OpenAI tools. The provenance signal is metadata that helps verify the origin, authenticity, or history of a piece of content, product, or data.

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has launched a website for consumers to check if an image is created using a generative Artificial Intelligence (gen AI)-based tool or not.

When OpenAI started offering tools to generate images and videos in 2024, it joined the Steering Committee of the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) to ensure a cross-industry group which ensures all AI-generated content has an ID marker for people to detect if an image is AI-generated or not. But with the advancement of technology, it has become very difficult to make a difference.

So, last week OpenAI announced to collaborate with Google to offer SynthID with every AI-generated image.

For the uninitiated, SynthID is developed by Google's DeepMind division. It works on advanced gen AI language models for Gemini AI. It comes with several nuanced technologies to ensure the artificial images are aesthetically good and not marred with noticeable marks that compromise visual aesthetics and quality.

The SynthID tool will ensure that even if the AI-generated image is edited with more layers of filters using other applications, it will still not get erased or hide the digital watermark. The SynthID is deeply ingrained with the metadata of the photo, and it cannot be erased.

OpenAI has launched a dedicated website, where users can upload and verify the authenticity of the image.

It will look for provenance signals associated with images generated by OpenAI tools. The provenance signal is metadata that helps verify the origin, authenticity, or history of a piece of content, product, or data.

You can visit the OpenAI website (here), to try out the new gen AI image detector tool.

For now, the tool is designed to detect images generated with ChatGPT, the OpenAI API, or Codex. OpenAI has plans to expand the features of its tool to be able to detect content developed from third-party tools.

Google's Gemini has this capability. It will offer general observations about common AI attributes such as unusual lighting, repetitive patterns, and errors in small details. With this information, users will be able to make their own assessment of whether the image is fake or not.

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