The tool checks images, video, and audio files for Google’s SynthID watermark, a system that embeds a near-invisible marker into AI-generated content.
Google first made its SynthID Detector available to media professionals last year, but now anyone can use it by logging into synthid.com.
It’s now available to AI Pro and Ultra subscribers in India on desktop and Android, along with the Android version of Google’s Gemini in Chrome browser assistant. Auto browse launched earlier this year, allowing Gemini to complete multi-step tasks in Chrome, like shopping, filling out forms, or researching hotel prices.
Claude for Google Workspace, now in public beta on all paid Claude plans, adds a sidebar where you can prompt Claude to edit your files, similar to Google’s Gemini sidebar. Anthropic’s also launching new connectors for creating and editing Google Workspace files directly in Claude.
Google’s new laptop OS shows lots of promise for Android phone owners, but there’s a long road ahead.
EmbeddingGemma 2 can work with more than just text, featuring capabilities across coding, images, video, and audio. Google says the upgraded model has 740 million parameters and is designed to perform on-device tasks like finding a video clip from a voice memo or searching through audio recordings based on a text prompt.
I might be The Verge’s part-time PC handheld reviewer… but I don’t actually have any modern Android ones! Now there’s software that easily makes an Android handheld act like a Steam Deck, I should probably try again. Or should I wait for one with the new 6th-gen Snapdragon Elite?
In a growing thread on the Google Home subreddit many users are reporting an unusual issue today with the platform being unable to change the color of various brands of connected smart lights either through the app, or by using voice commands. Their brightness can still be adjusted, and the lights can be turned on or off, but changing the color only works in each bulb’s respective apps.
I now get notifications when my dog takes a dump on my lawn. This is Google’s Gemini for Home features in action, detailing everything going on in my garden. Jen Tuohy convinced me to pay the extra to try them out, and I’ve actually found them fun for spotting when birds or animals come to visit.
