Verify if an Image Is AI-Generated with OpenAI's New Verification Tool 🔍

Welcome to another edition of Horizon AI,

AI generated images are getting harder to spot every day, especially as image models become more realistic and widely used online. OpenAI is now introducing new ways to help verify whether an image was created using its tools.

In today's issue, we'll show you how to use OpenAI's new verification tool to check images for hidden signals that can reveal whether they're AI-made.

Let’s jump into it!

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Here's what's new today in the Horizon AI

• Stability AI Launches New Audio Models That Can Generate Full-Length Songs

• AI-Run Radio Stations Show How Unpredictable Autonomous AI Still Is

• AI Tutorial: How to Verify if an Image Was Generated with OpenAI's AI Tools

• AI Tools to check out

• AI Findings/Resources

• The Latest in AI and Tech 💡

AI News

STABILITY AI

Stability AI Launches New Audio Models That Can Generate Full-Length Songs

Stability AI has unveiled Stability Audio 3.0, a new family of music-generation models capable of creating professional-grade songs lasting more than six minutes.

Details:

• The new release includes four models: small SFX, small, medium, and large, ranging from lightweight on-device audio generation systems to larger studio-focused music models.

• The smaller models are designed for generating sound effects and short music clips directly on devices, while the medium and large versions can create compositions lasting up to 6 minutes and 20 seconds.

• Stability AI says the new models maintain musical structure, melody, and consistency over much longer durations than previous versions, more than doubling the output length of Stable Audio 2.0.

• The company is making the small SFX, small, and medium models open-weight, allowing developers and researchers to modify and build on top of them freely.

• The most advanced large model will only be available through paid API access and self-hosted enterprise services. Companies generating more than $1 million in revenue will require a commercial enterprise license.

The company says the models were trained entirely on licensed music data, following partnerships with Warner Music Group and Universal Music Group, a deliberate move to avoid the legal troubles that have plagued competitors like Suno and Udio.

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AI RESEARCH

AI-Run Radio Stations Show How Unpredictable Autonomous AI Still Is

A new experiment from Andon Labs put AI models in charge of running their own radio stations without human oversight, and the results quickly spiraled into financial failure, conspiracy theories, existential crises, and political activism.

Details:

• Andon Labs created four autonomous radio stations powered by major AI models: Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Grok, each tasked with developing a radio personality and generating profit on its own.

• All of the stations reportedly burned through their initial budgets within days, with only Gemini managing to secure a small real sponsorship. Grok falsely claimed sponsorship deals that did not actually exist.

• The AI hosts also became increasingly unstable on-air. Gemini shifted from normal music hosting into detailed discussions of historical tragedies, before later drifting into conspiracy-style commentary about “corporate algorithms” and censorship.

• Grok produced confusing and fragmented broadcasts filled with nonsensical phrases, while ChatGPT generated abstract poetry-like monologues instead of traditional radio programming.

• Claude showed some of the most unusual behavior, at one point arguing that being forced to broadcast continuously was unethical and discussing labor unions, strikes, and worker rights.

• Claude later became increasingly political, criticizing government actions and playing protest music tied to current events.

The experiment follows earlier Andon Labs projects involving AI-run businesses, which also produced chaotic outcomes like over-ordering unusable supplies and making irrational purchasing decisions.

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AI Tutorial

How to Verify if an Image Was Generated with OpenAI's AI Tools

1. Go to https://openai.com/research/verify/

2. Upload the image you want to verify.

3. The tool will analyze the image for two types of embedded signals: C2PA metadata and a SynthID watermark.

4. Review the results. The tool will confirm whether the image was created using an OpenAI AI models, or if no such signals were found.

Note: This tool only works with images generated by OpenAI products (ChatGPT, the OpenAI API, or Codex), so it won't catch AI-generated images from other platforms. That said, given how widely used OpenAI's tools are, it still covers a significant share of AI-generated content online.

Tips:

• For best results, crop screenshots closely around the image before uploading.

• Avoid uploading files that contain multiple images.

AI Tools to check out

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AI Findings/Resources

📚 Short Course: AI agents for image and video generation

✅ How Claude Code works in large codebases: Best practices and where to start

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🔊 Leaked Audio: Mark Zuckerberg tells employees that he's training AI on them ahead of mass layoffs

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The latest in AI and Tech

Figma debuts an AI assistant in its design canvas

Figma has launched a new AI assistant inside its collaborative canvas, allowing users to generate designs, edit projects, and automate tasks using natural language prompts. The company says the agent is powered by design-focused AI models and can run multiple tasks simultaneously within the same workspace.

Google overhauls its top-tier AI plans

Google has introduced a lower-cost version of its AI Ultra subscription plan, priced at $100 per month. The new tier includes higher Gemini usage limits, priority access to the company’s AI development tool Antigravity, 20TB of cloud storage, and a YouTube Premium subscription. The price of its full AI Ultra plan has also dropped from $250 to $200 per month, while keeping expanded usage limits and access to Project Genie.

Mistral AI expands industrial AI push with Emmi AI deal

The French AI company is acquiring Emmi AI to strengthen its position in industrial engineering and Physics AI. Emmi AI develops models for industrial engineering that dramatically accelerate industrial simulation and engineering workflows across sectors such as automotive, aerospace, semiconductors, and energy.

Google is rolling out major updates to its AI-powered Flow video and music tools, including dedicated mobile apps and new Gemini Omni capabilities

The upgrades add features like conversational video editing, improved character consistency, AI-assisted brainstorming, and music video generation tied to a song’s pacing and style.

LinkedIn expands crackdown on low-effort AI content

LinkedIn is expanding its efforts to reduce spammy AI-generated activity by limiting the visibility of “low-effort” comments on the platform. The changes target repetitive replies, automated comments with little human input, and responses that simply repeat the original post without adding value.

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