SynthID hit only means an image was processed by OpenAI tools, reporter clarifies
ScottNover · x · 2026-11-06
Reporter Scott Nover clarifies Vanity Fair's SynthID finding: a positive match only indicates an image was processed in some way through OpenAI's tools — not that it was entirely AI-generated. What exactly was generated or altered remains unknown, an important caveat for reading AI-image provenance claims.
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