The news: Google is planning to enhance its search tools with an updated “about this image feature” in the coming months to identify if images were taken with a camera, edited, or generated by AI.
This is part of Google’s work with the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA), a joint effort with major tech players including Microsoft, Amazon, Intel, Adobe, and OpenAI.
A timely move to watermark AI-generated content: With more than 60 countries—containing one-third of the world’s population—participating in elections this year, anxieties are high that AI-generated content is spreading disinformation.