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[embedded content] Adobe’s Firefly, a generative text-to-image artificial intelligence (AI) model designed to create images and text effects, launched into beta today and alongside it, the Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI) has new features promoting industry-leading transparency regarding image editing and AI. In a new video, digital storyteller Hallease Narvaez showcases Firefly while highlighting Adobe’s Content
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[embedded content] The NBA has fined Memphis Grizzlies player Dillon Brooks $35,000 after he shoved a camera operator who was hurt in the incident. The cameraman is said to be “injured and remains under evaluation” according to his colleague, play-by-play commentator Jason Jackson. “Memphis Grizzlies guard-forward Brooks has been fined $35,000 for the unsportsmanlike act
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[embedded content] The first-ever aerial images of the Earth’s two biggest icebergs that broke off from Antarctica’s Ice Shelf have been published. Each could take decades to melt. On March 13, the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) published aerial photographs and footage of the two enormous icebergs. Scientists are closely tracking the two icebergs that are
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A group in Illinois has filed a class action lawsuit against California-based Prisma Labs, the company behind the artificial intelligence-powered photo editing app, Lensa.ai. As reported by Artnet, Chicago-based law firm Loevy & Loevy has filed a class action lawsuit against Prisma Labs, alleging that the company “unlawfully” collected Illinois residents’ biometric data using Lensa’s
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Collage of Glenn Homann’s grand prize winning portfolio The Mobile Photography Awards (MPA) has announced the winners of its 12th annual photo contest. Founded in 2011, the MPA celebrates the best mobile photographers and showcases beautiful photos captured by smartphones. The latest edition of the competition received thousands of entries from over 80 countries, highlighting
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Chroma Cameras has released a new-and-improved version of its CubePan 135-format panoramic camera. The 2023 version includes the same features as last year’s original, although it now includes better usability based on feedback from photographers. Chroma Cameras’ founder Steve Lloyd tells Kosmo Foto that the new version of the CubePan 35mm system camera is “an
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Haukland’s original 7-in-1 photography jacket is already water resistant and warm enough for most environments, but to support photographers who venture into even more extreme conditions, Haukland’s Parka Pro goes even further beyond. PetaPixel positively reviewed the original 7-in-1 photography jacket last year. It was so impressive that it was also awarded accessory of the
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The U.S. government is planning to use deepfake videos in online propaganda and deception campaigns. According to a report published on Monday by The Intercept, procurement documents reveal that the United States Special Operations Command may soon utilize deepfake technology in influence operations on the internet. The documents outline Special Operations Command’s goals to procure
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A group of Japanese scientists used people’s brain activity to generate images on the artificially intelligent (AI) model Stable Diffusion. Researchers at the Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences in Osaka University, Japan, were able to reconstruct high-resolution and highly accurate images from brain activity by using the popular Stable Diffusion model. The team, which was
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Venezuela’s government is using faked artificial intelligence-generated television presenters to spread disinformation. Editor’s note: Before publication, the YouTube channel that was hosting the example videos was “terminated.” El Pais reports that Venezuelan state-owned television station VTV has been using deepfake English-speaking hosts from a fictitious American news agency to share falsely positive news coverage about
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[embedded content] A new program may prevent artificial intelligence (AI) programs from manipulating an individual’s photos and using them to create deepfakes. A team of researchers led by computer professor Aleksander Madry at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has developed a program called “Photoguard” which denies AI the ability to manipulate an individual’s photos convincingly.
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