What AI generators add to your images
Content Credentials, IPTC tags, prompts and invisible watermarks: what each AI tool leaves in its files.
ChatGPT images
OpenAI adds Content Credentials (C2PA) to images created with ChatGPT and its image models, including DALL-E. The credentials say the image was made by an OpenAI tool.
AdobeAdobe Firefly
Adobe co-founded the Content Authenticity Initiative, and Firefly attaches Content Credentials to the images it generates. Photoshop generative features can record AI edits the same way.
GoogleGemini & Imagen
Images created or edited with Google Gemini app and Imagen carry SynthID, Google DeepMind invisible watermark. Depending on the product, Google can also add metadata and a visible mark.
MetaMeta AI
Images made with Meta AI carry several markers so they can be recognised across Meta apps and beyond: a visible label, invisible watermarks and IPTC metadata.
MidjourneyMidjourney
Midjourney files can carry text metadata such as the prompt and job details, depending on how they were downloaded. Meta has named Midjourney among the companies whose AI metadata it reads.
Stability AI and the open-source communityStable Diffusion
Local Stable Diffusion apps save generation details right inside the PNG file. Anyone who opens the file in a metadata viewer can read your prompt, seed, model and settings.
Black Forest LabsFLUX
FLUX models run in many places: ComfyUI and other local apps, and hosted services. The metadata in the file comes from the app, not the model.
MicrosoftBing Image Creator & Microsoft Designer
Microsoft attaches Content Credentials to images made with Bing Image Creator and Microsoft Designer, stating that the image was AI-generated and when.
Higgsfield AIHiggsfield AI
Higgsfield AI creates cinematic video motion. Its exported MP4 containers contain model identifiers and provenance metadata that social platforms inspect.
ByteDanceSeedance (ByteDance)
Seedance AI video models (2.0, 2.1, and 2.2) by ByteDance generate viral motion clips with embedded MP4 container tags.