Google’s SynthID watermark just debunked its first high-profile deepfake: a hoax image of Mitch McConnell

Google’s SynthID watermarking system scored its first high-profile real-world win this week after Snopes used it to debunk an AI-generated image of Senator Mitch McConnell that had gone viral on Reddit and X. The image, which appeared to show McConnell covered in tubes in a hospital bed in extreme distress, was confirmed as AI-generated after […] This story continues at The Next Web