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

(deepmind.google)
110 points jonbaer | 1 comments | 30 Aug 25 03:29 UTC | HN request time: 0.222s | 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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shkkmo ◴[30 Aug 25 09:10 UTC] No.45073155[source]▶
That seems like a horrible blow to anonymity and psuedonymity that would also empower identity thieves.
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1. xpe ◴[30 Aug 25 12:51 UTC] No.45074209[source]▶
Maybe as the direct effect, maybe not. Also think about second order effects: how would various interests respond? The desire for privacy is strong and people will search for ways to get it.

Have you looked into kinds of mitigations that cryptography offers? I’m not an expert, but I would expect there are ways to balance some degree of anonymity with some degree of human identity verification.

Perhaps there are some experts out there who can comment?