Digital Digging with Henk van Ess

Digital Digging with Henk van Ess

Did Google's AI fool you?

Three ways to find out yourself

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Henk van Ess
Nov 20, 2025
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Google has made AI detection for fake images available to everyone (it introduced SynthID today) โ€” but the way you ask the question determines what answer you get.

Upload a photo to Gemini and ask naturally, you get detailed percentages about which parts were AI-edited. Use the @SynthID extension with the same image, you get a vague one-liner. Both are fโ€ฆ

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