There’s no putting the genie back in the bottle when it comes to generative AI forever shaking our trust in photos, but the tech industry has a responsibility to at least be as transparent as possible when these tools are used.

Google Photos is adding new features to clearly label images that have been edited using its AI tools, such as Magic Editor and Magic Eraser. This move aims to increase transparency and help users understand when AI has been used to alter an imageit comes very in handy now that generative image tools are widespread and Google itself has added a bunch of AI-powered editing tools to the Photos app itself.

As AI-generated and edited images only continue getting more realistic, Google Photos is taking a bold step toward transparency by clearly labeling images that have been edited using its own AI-powered tools.