Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.  AI tools have made editing and manipulating photos and videos easy for everyone.   Restoring and colorizing an old family photo for me just took seconds using the latest from Google’s Gemini.  But what about responsibility when it comes to image manipulation?  Google Deep Mind Group Product Manager David Sharon…

“The question of is this real has become more of a burning question.  So there’s two things we do there.   One is a visible watermark.  So you might see on any image generated, on the bottom right, there is this diamond logo.  That’s a visible watermark to let anybody know that we’ve generated the image using AI.  The second is an invisible watermark that you can’t see.”

And can’t be cropped out.    You can watch or listen to our full interview online.  

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