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SynthID – A tool to watermark and identify content generated through AI

(deepmind.google)
110 points jonbaer | 4 comments | 30 Aug 25 03:29 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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utilize1808 ◴[30 Aug 25 08:59 UTC] No.45073112[source]▶
I feel this is not the scalable/right way to approach this. The right way would be for human creators to apply their own digital signatures to the original pieces they created (specialised chips on camera/in software to inject hidden pixel patterns that are verifiable). If a piece of work lacks such signature, it should be considered AI-generated by default.
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1. HPsquared ◴[30 Aug 25 09:40 UTC] No.45073302[source]▶
Then you just point the special camera at a screen showing the AI content.
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2. utilize1808 ◴[30 Aug 25 11:28 UTC] No.45073754[source]▶
Sure. But then it will receive more scrutiny because you are showing a "capture" rather than the raw content.
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3. HPsquared ◴[30 Aug 25 13:41 UTC] No.45074633[source]▶
Actually come to think of it, I suppose a "special camera" could also record things like focusing distance, zoom, and accelerations/rotation rates. These could be correlated to the image seen to detect this kind of thing.
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4. tough ◴[31 Aug 25 03:06 UTC] No.45080018{3}[source]▶
ROC Camera does exactly this

> Creates a Zero Knowledge (ZK) Proof of the camera sensor data and other metadata

https://roc.camera/