Sight was the first of our senses to be technologically shared in a world we did not witness with our own eyes. Photography—writing with light—has historically meant a one-to-one relationship between what was before a camera (defined as a lens focussing light on a recording media) and what came out the other end, created by a human.
Artificial intelligence companies Stability AI and Midjourney Inc. are fierce competitors in the AI image generation space. The rivalry has allegedly boiled over into the dangerous and felonious realm of corporate espionage.
Today, Leica announced the SL3 camera, which features a big 60-megapixel sensor and better autofocus packed inside a more compact body. But after the M11-P's announcement last year, there is one odd feature not included: content authenticity.
AI image generators are trained on millions -- even billions -- of photos. It is safe to assume the vast majority of these photos are copyrighted and used without permission.
Adobe released a beta version of its new Express mobile app for Android and iOS devices which also introduces the company's Firefly generative AI technology into mobile content creation and editing workflows.
Shane Jones, a Microsoft Engineer who worked for the company for six years, has written a letter to the FTC to warn that the CoPilot AI ignores copyrights and is capable of creating violent, sexual images that "sickened" him.
The internet is getting excited for the GlamBOT camera at the 96th Academy Awards this weekend -- with the photographer behind the slow-motion videos becoming a star in his own right.
A film fan has warned people that surveillance cameras in movie theaters are watching them in their seat.
It's getting harder and harder to distinguish between an AI image and a genuine photo. But there are still giveaways and one of them is that AI image generators struggle to produce coherent text.
Facebook and Instagram ran ads that featured a blurred deepfake nude image of an underage Jenna Ortega to promote an AI app.
Meta properties, which includes Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, all experienced a widespread outage this morning.
Despite a combined valuation of its 32 teams nearing $150 billion, the National Football League (NFL) has long relied on a literal chain -- carried by a "chain gang" -- to measure first downs. This archaic measurement tool may finally be on its long-overdue way out, possibly replaced by camera technology.
As it used the last of its power reserves, the Intuitive Machines Odysseus Moon lander captured one final photo before shutting down.
Apple announced refreshed MacBook Air laptops this morning, introducing the company's latest M3 series processors to Apple's most popular laptop series. The move to M3 brings increased power, faster Wi-Fi, and long-awaited support for two external displays.
Meta's AI image generator Imagine has been accused of producing ahistorical pictures in much the same way Google Gemini did a couple of weeks ago.
AI-generated images of Donald Trump embracing Black people are being circulated by his supporters online.
Venus Optics, maker of Laowa photo and cinema lenses, has announced two new anamorphic zoom lenses, the Laowa Nanomorph 1.5X Anamorphic 28-55mm T2.9 and 50-100mm T2.9.
Scientists used AI to analyze satellite images and find the secret, unmapped roads that are destroying rainforests.
A groom wore his Apple Vision Pro mixed-reality headset on his wedding day so he could record immersive photos and videos to look back on in the future.
Chinese multinational Alibaba, best known for its e-commerce operations, also heavily invests in technological development projects. Researchers in the company's Institute for Intelligent Computing showed off their new AI video generator, EMO.
In a consumer landscape riddled with planned obsolescence, Nikon hopes to keep its camera users happier for longer through strong firmware support.
YouTuber Marques Brownlee was given the opportunity to use OpenAI's brand new and as yet unreleased video generator Sora.
A new advanced neuromorphic system designed to eliminate blurring in smartphone photos is now ready for production, using a mix of AI and existing processing power to freeze action in ways not seen on current smartphones.
Google took its AI image generation tool Gemini offline last week following a number of errors. Now, Google CEO Sundar Pichai admits to employees, "we got it wrong."
Researchers have developed a new method of storing data on an optical disk. It is capable of holding 24 times the data of the most advanced hard disk drives: the equivalent of 20 million digital photos.
A new report finds that some popular smart doorbells are susceptible to hacking, allowing infiltrators to easily take control of them if they are nearby.
Sitting in a McDonald's restaurant smoking a cigarette while eating a burger, this "peak male specimen" apparently had his picture taken in 1989, according to the caption.
Two pieces of interesting artificial intelligence (AI) news came out of Apple's annual shareholder meeting today, and both tip Apple's hand a bit regarding generative AI technology.
AI video generation platform Pika Labs has added a terrifying new feature -- lip syncing audio to AI characters.
Adobe Research revealed a new generative AI music and audio prototype, Project Music GenAI Control, that promises to give anyone the power to create music, no matter their experience or skill.
Wyze cameras -- a smart camera company whose devices are sold on Amazon and Walmart -- allowed 13,000 of its customers to look into other people's homes.
An analog photographer has stuck his head above the parapet to claim that AI-generated images are "the best thing that has happened to photography."
An event organizer used a set of fantastical AI images to promote a Willy Wonka-inspired experience but families were left disappointed when expectations did not meet reality.
AI-powered photo editor Photoroom has received a significant injection of new funding to the tune of $43 million.
World-class chipmaker NVIDIA became the first company in its industry to reach a market cap above $2 trillion. This remarkable high water mark capped off an incredible week for NVIDIA, which posted record revenue last week.
There are many who say artificial intelligence is about to destroy photography as we know it -- but one photographer is using it to earn a little cash on the side.
Tyler Perry has halted an $800 million expansion of his studio after being shocked by the release of OpenAI’s video generator Sora and the threat it brings to jobs in the film industry.
Stability AI has announced a fresh iteration of its AI image generator in the form of Stable Diffusion 3.
When Samsung launched the Galaxy S24 and S24 Ultra last month, it introduced numerous new artificial intelligence features, all under the heading of "Galaxy AI." Although not without controversy, Galaxy AI is one of the S24's strongest features. Samsung has announced that a new One UI 6.1 update will bring numerous Galaxy AI features to older Samsung devices.
WhatsApp may be working on a way to block users from screenshotting your profile picture.
