Making it easier to understand how content was created and edited
May 19, 2026Laurie Richardson, Pushmeet Kohli

Summary
This post details the scaling of SynthID, DeepMind's digital watermarking technology, to watermark over 100 billion images/videos and 60,000 years of audio across generative media models and products. It also highlights the expansion of C2PA Content Credentials integration into Pixel phones for image and video capture, and the rollout of SynthID and C2PA verification features in the Gemini app, Search, and Chrome. The post announces the launch of an AI Content Detection API on Google Cloud's Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform and continued industry partnerships to broaden SynthID adoption and advocate for provenance standards.
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