Google Photos will tell you if an image has been generated by AI

Google Photos is experimenting with new features that could help detect manipulated or AI-generated images. According to Android Authority, future versions of the app could start reading more metadata, digital tags that often contain details about the software used to create or modify the image.

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The latest article from Android Authority mentions that version 7.3 of Google Photos for Android includes references to new metadata tags, such as “ai info,“ “credit,“ and “digital source type.” Although AI-generated images currently do not display any indicators in Google Photos, these tags could start indicating their origin in future updates.

Several generative AI programs already include this information in the images they produce. For example, photos created with Google’s Gemini chatbot carry a label with the message “Made with Google AI”, while those generated by ChatGPT include the label “DigitalSourceType” indicating their AI origin.

Despite this, reading these metadata does not guarantee the complete detection of AI-created images, as it is possible to easily remove or modify these tags. For this reason, users will have to continue relying on their visual perception to detect AI images (as long as we can).

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