How To Identify AI Generated Images On Instagram, Facebook, X And WhatsApp: A Simple Guide

Have you ever come across an image and wondered, 'Is this even real?' Often, while scrolling through Instagram Reels, you see people posting photos with celebrities or sharing videos of how a city supposedly looked in the early '90s. It leaves you questioning—is this actually true, or is it just AI?Today, as AI has become a crucial part of our lives, people often use it to deceive others, and Google understands the users' concerns. That’s why, instead of relying on third-party apps for image identification, you can use Google Gemini to identify whether the image is real or AI-generated. This is the latest update in the Google Gemini, which comes with its latest version of the Gemini 3-powered Nano Banana Pro model.How Does Gemini Detect AI-Generated

Images?To identify AI-generated images, the Gemini has an in-built system named “SynthID” This SynthID works like a digital watermark, which is already embedded in the pixels during the image generation.Also Read: How To Use Google Gemini AI To Create Viral Drone Shots For Instagram: Step-by-Step Guide For Beginners Though the watermark is not visible to the human eye yet, it remains detectable even if the image is cropped or edited. Gemini usually scans the image and studies its textures, patterns and lighting. AI often struggles to generate the perfect geometry for the human fingers, like teeth, ears, and the number of fingers. How does this detection work?When you ask the Gemini if the image is AI-generated or not, it quickly scans and looks for its “Google AI” signature. If found, then Gemini can tell you that the image was artificially generated. If not, then there is a possibility that the image was created with some other AI apps.Important Note: Gemini can only detect AI images which were created using Google's own AI system. Currently, it fails to detect if the image was generated by other AI apps, such as ChatGPT.