Nigeria, Oct. 15 -- Google has opened its artificial intelligence watermark-detection platform to the public as concerns grow about manipulated images, videos and audio ahead of Nigeria's 2027 general elections.

The company announced the expansion in a statement sent to PREMIUM TIMES, saying the SynthID Detector is now available globally in English.

The platform allows users to upload media files and check whether they contain invisible watermarks placed by supported AI-generation systems.

It can currently identify SynthID watermarks in content created using tools operated by Google and participating companies, including OpenAI, NVIDIA and Kakao. Apple is expected to join the initiative later.

Users can access the service with a Googl...