Today it is hard to believe anything on the internet, especially after the arrival of Generative AI. Lots of fake and misleading messages they circulate frequently and rapidly on the internet. However, Google is trying to remedy the situation by making available tools that can check certain elements such as images.
Google released the About This Image tool worldwide.
The About This Image on Google Search is available worldwide to all English speakers users. It provides valuable information about images such as record of images, the way others describe her picture, how they use it, image metadata (when available), and indications of whether the image was created using Generative AI.
You can access this tool by clicking the three-dot menu below an image in Google image results. You will find the “About This Image” option.
The Fact Check Explorer is another tool journalists can use to check images online. It can find information about images from independent organizations worldwide. It gives users an overview of the image and its usage over time.
Google has released the beta version of Image Search in the FactCheck Claim Search API. Access to the specific tool, you can request from here.
