RealityChek adds deepfake checks to ChatGPT and Claude

Hydaway Digital says its RealityChek detection service now connects to Claude, ChatGPT and Grok, letting the assistants check media for AI manipulation inside a chat.

The company announced the release of the DETECT connectors in a press release on October 21, 2026, and said they are available now. This is a company announcement, so everything below is RealityChek's own description of the product, not the result of an independent test.

The connector is a remote server built on the Model Context Protocol, the open standard AI assistants use to connect to outside tools. To set it up, a user copies one RealityChek server address into the assistant's connector settings, signs in with an existing RealityChek account, and approves a permission screen. The company says no API keys, configuration files or software installs are needed.

Once connected, the assistant can check images, documents, video and audio for signs of AI generation or manipulation, according to the release. Each check can optionally add RealityChek's Deep Research layer, which the company says returns cited findings and stated limitations separately from the authenticity verdict. Large files can be sent through a secure upload link that continues a pending check, and longer analyses can be tracked and retrieved.

RealityChek is an enterprise-grade detection platform that Hydaway Digital, a North Vancouver company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange as HIDE, bought in a stock deal. The company issued 6,000,000 shares at a deemed price of $0.14 each, a total purchase price of $840,000, and completed the acquisition on February 4, 2026. Hydaway launched the DETECT web checker on March 18, 2026, and RealityChek has since added a liveness checker, streaming audio detection and a detection bot on X.

What is not established: no independent benchmark of the connector's accuracy has been published, and the company's own product pages state no accuracy figure. The release says availability of custom connectors varies by AI assistant and subscription plan, and notes that RealityChek is not affiliated with or endorsed by Anthropic, OpenAI or xAI.

For a creator, the pull is a verdict without leaving the assistant, which helps when a client sends a suspicious clip or a marketplace listing looks off. Whether that verdict holds up on real-world fakes is untested here. RealityChek's own page says detection is a guide, not proof.

Setup instructions for Claude, ChatGPT and Grok are in the AI Connectors section of the dashboard at detect.realitychek.com.

Integration card

• Tool: DETECT connectors by RealityChek
• Maker: Hydaway Digital Corp.
• Released: October 21, 2026
• Works in: Claude, ChatGPT, Grok
• Plan required: varies by AI assistant and subscription plan
• Try it: https://detect.realitychek.com