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AI Metadata Detector

Many AI image generators label the files they make. ChatGPT and Adobe Firefly add Content Credentials, Google and Meta add an AI source label, and Stable Diffusion tools save the prompt. Reading those labels shows how an image was made, unless someone removed them.

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How to check an image for AI metadata

  1. Use the original file

    Pick the file as it was downloaded from the generator or received. Screenshots and photos re-sent through messaging apps usually lose their labels.

  2. Drop it on the tool

    JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC, and AVIF files are read the moment they land. Several images can be checked together.

  3. Read the verdict and the evidence

    Each image gets a one-line verdict and the list of labels behind it, including any prompt text saved in the file. Copy the report to keep it.

Why use this tool

Reads Content Credentials

Finds the signed provenance record that ChatGPT, Adobe Firefly, Microsoft, and others attach, and says which tool it names and whether it records AI generation or AI editing.

Finds saved prompts

Stable Diffusion tools such as Automatic1111, ComfyUI, InvokeAI, Fooocus, and NovelAI save the prompt and settings inside the file. Midjourney saves the prompt and a job ID. The prompt text is shown.

Spots AI source labels

Reads the standard "digital source type" label that Google, Meta, Midjourney, and editing apps use to mark an image as generated or edited with AI, plus generator names in the software and credit fields.

Instant and offline

The file is scanned byte by byte in your browser, with nothing to download first. A batch of images is checked in a moment.

Files stay on your device

Images are read locally and never uploaded, so private or unreleased pictures can be checked safely.

About this tool

AI image generators increasingly label what they make. Some attach Content Credentials, a signed record (the C2PA standard) that names the tool and says the picture was generated. Others write a short "digital source type" label, a credit line such as "Made with Google AI", or the full prompt and settings used. This tool reads all of those from the file and turns them into a plain verdict: AI markers found, edited with AI tools, or no AI markers found.

A verdict is only as good as the labels in the file. Labels are easy to lose: a screenshot, a re-save in an editor, or an upload to most social networks strips them, and some generators add none at all. So "no AI markers found" never proves a picture is real. The tool also cannot see invisible watermarks that live in the pixels, such as Google SynthID, and it does not judge how the picture looks.

Prompts saved by image tools can include names, places, or private notes. To take the AI labels out of a copy while keeping the camera details, use the AI metadata remover. To remove every kind of hidden data at once, use the metadata stripper, or the EXIF remover for photos.

Frequently asked questions

How does it decide whether an image is AI?
It reads labels stored inside the file: Content Credentials, the standard AI source label, generator names in the software and credit fields, and prompts saved by image tools. If any of them says the image was generated or edited with AI, the verdict says so and lists the evidence.
Can it tell if a picture is AI just by looking at it?
No. It reads labels, not pixels. It cannot see invisible watermarks such as Google SynthID or Meta video seals, which are part of the picture itself, and it makes no guess from how the image looks.
Why does an AI image show no AI markers?
The labels were probably removed or never added. Screenshots, re-saving in an editor, and uploads to most social networks drop them, and some generators write none. No markers found does not prove an image is real.
Are my images uploaded?
No. Each file is read in your browser and never leaves your device. Nothing is downloaded first, so the check is instant.
Which files can it check?
JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC, and AVIF images. Content Credentials, AI source labels, and generator names are found in all of them. Saved prompts are most common in PNG files from Stable Diffusion tools and Midjourney.
What are Content Credentials?
A signed record attached to a file that says which tools made or edited it. ChatGPT, Adobe Firefly, Microsoft image tools, and some cameras add them. The tool shows the tools the record names and whether it records AI generation.

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