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Has Google’s AI watermarking system been reverse-engineered?

TechnologyApril 14, 2026
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Has Google’s AI watermarking system been reverse-engineered?
A software developer claims to have reverse-engineered Google DeepMind's SynthID system, showing how AI watermarks can be stripped from generated images or manually inserted into other works. A claim
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A software developer claims to have reverse-engineered Google DeepMind's SynthID system, showing how AI watermarks can be stripped from generated images or manually inserted into other works. A claim that, according to Google, isn't true.

The developer, going by the username Aloshdenny, has open-sourced their work on GitHub and documented his process, claiming all it required was 200 Gemini-generated images, signal processing, and "way too much free time." A little weed also seemed to help.

"No neural networks. No proprietary access," Aloshdenny said on Medium. "Turns out if you're unemployed and average enough 'pure black' AI-generated im …

Read the full story at The Verge.

Source: The Verge

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