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8 October 2026

Google opens SynthID Detector; OpenAI adds EU-only text watermarks

First reported

Computerworld ran this on , a day before the other 2 sources picked it up.

  • Google made its SynthID Detector website public, so anyone can check whether a file was made by AI.
  • The detector can handle 1 million verification requests per day, according to the newsletter.

How it was covered

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Reported by TechRadar