Today at WWDC 2026, Apple unveiled a wide range of new software for its product ecosystem, including macOS 27 Golden Gate, iOS 27, and iPadOS 27. A significant part of all the new software updates is an upgraded Apple Intelligence system, which includes a revamped Image Playground, Apple's generative AI for images.
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Google's new Gemini Omni artificial intelligence (AI) model can do some wild things. The model's key promise is to create anything from, well, anything.
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Researchers are developing a bespoke AI-powered camera platform to help zookeepers and staff monitor the health and well-being of their animals.
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Today at Google I/O 2026, the tech giant announced that it is bringing a new AI image creation and editing tool, Google Pics, to Workspace.
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Hasselblad has disqualified a photographer accused of using generative artificial intelligence (AI) from Hasselblad Masters 2026.
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Sony unveiled the Xperia VIII smartphone this week, boasting photographer-focused upgrades and improvements. American buyers, who are yet again missing out on the latest Xperia, may have felt a little left out. Looking at the phone's new AI Camera Assistant with Xperia Intelligence and its terrible results, perhaps U.S. buyers aren't missing out on much at all.
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In a world where photography software companies don't always give photography or photographers the respect they deserve, VSCO has committed to the importance of photography.
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A bagel shop faced uproar from customers after posting ads that mixed real photos with AI-generated images, prompting the small business to apologize and remove the posts.
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Last year, a client came to me with a straightforward brief: they needed a full lookbook for their new clothing line. But there was a catch. “We don’t want a shoot,” they said. “Just take our phone photos and make them look professional with AI.” I could have said no. Instead, I said yes -- and it changed how I think about my entire career.
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Apple is reportedly preparing to launch camera-equipped AirPods as part of the company's broader AI technology and device ambitions.
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An actress has accused the director James Cameron of stealing her likeness from a photograph of her as a teenager to create an Avatar character in a new lawsuit.
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Yet another photo contest has attracted significant attention in the online photography community for all the wrong reasons. The winning photo in the National Wildlife Federation's (NWF) recent Garden for Wildlife Photo Contest was disqualified following public outcry. However, the NWF and photographers disagree on why the winning photo violated competition rules.
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Five publishing houses and a best-selling novelist have filed a lawsuit alleging that Meta illegally used millions of copyrighted works to train its AI language system Llama, and Mark Zuckerberg "personally authorized" the company's copyright infringement.
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In 2013, artist KC Green created two panels that have, in the years since then, become ubiquitous. As NPR’s Emma Bowman noted, Green’s comic Gunshow featured a sequence in which a cartoon dog, Question Hound, calmly drinks coffee in a burning room. “This is fine,” says the dog. Odds are good you’ve seen this, either […]
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Hasselblad unveiled the 70 finalists of Hasselblad Masters 2026, the company's first Masters competition since 2023. It didn't take long for controversy to emerge, including allegations that a finalist used generative AI to create one of their images.
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Adobe has introduced a major expansion of its AI-powered creative ecosystem, integrating the Adobe for creativity connector for Anthropic’s Claude alongside a public beta of Firefly AI Assistant. The updates mark a broader push toward agentic workflows, in which creative tools are orchestrated via natural-language prompts across multiple applications.
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O CEO da OpenAI, Sam Altman, criticou a estratégia da Anthropic para a divulgação do Claude Mythos. O executivo afirmou que a startup rival usa o medo como ferramenta de marketing para elevar o valor do modelo.
O Claude Mythos é um dos modelos mais recentes da Anthropic, anunciado no início de março e disponibilizado de forma restrita para empresas participantes do Projeto Glasswing — sob a…
OpenAI has introduced ChatGPT Images 2.0, a significant update to its image generation system that expands its role from a creative tool into a more fully realized visual workflow platform. Available across ChatGPT, Codex, and the API, the new model is designed to handle more complex, real-world tasks with greater accuracy, flexibility, and control.
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Design plays a larger part in our lives than we might initially believe. And sometimes, the process of turning a set of thoughts or ideas into a concrete reality is more of a challenge than we’d like. Graphic designers and clients can clash over the vision of a project; when working on a personal project, […]
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Last week’s episode of Real Time With Bill Maher went to a lot of different places, thematically and politically. This week’s did as well, but overall it felt more focused, in no small part because multiple segments addressed technology, CEOs and the risks posed by their ventures. It wasn’t quite a themed episode, but its […]
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When you’re on the phone with customer service, who are you actually speaking with? At one point not that long ago, the answer was likely either an employee of the company you were calling or a contractor working for them. In 2026, there’s a new option: software. A growing number of fast food companies are […]
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Legendary street photographer Joel Meyerowitz sees the ubiquity of camera phones as a good thing, telling the AFP that it gives everyone the "means of expression."
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The American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP), the North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA), and PetaPixel are hosting a new free, bi-weekly town hall series called Creative Focus to address how AI is changing the photography industry.
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You might have seen an amusing photo of a Pikachu running away from police in Turkey. It was recently shared to popular Instagram page History Reported, where it has received millions of views and over 200,000 likes.
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ProGrade Digital, makers of memory cards, card readers, and solid state drives, has announced that it will be forced to raise prices in May as the flash memory shortage has put too much pressure on its business.
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Earlier this year, a New York Times investigation by Jennifer Valentino-DeVries and Kashmir Hill uncovered something disquieting about the current state of mental health: a number of therapists reporting that their patients were experiencing delusional behavior as a result of their interactions with AI chatbots. Mental health professionals are not the only people witnessing this: […]
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AI in photography is a hot topic. It can range from a purely workflow tool to a portrait retoucher and even a full-blown creation tool. According to a survey of 363 photographers who either use AI as part of their workflow or are open to AI retouching tools, the vast majority believe AI should assist but not take over creative control.
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Music licensing platform Audiio has today soundly rejected generative AI in music, saying while new technology is good for some things, making music is "a line it cannot cross." The move follows a similar stance made clear by Epidemic Sound last year.
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This month has seen a few cases of highly-touted AI products and services being shut down or abandoned before release. One of these was Sora, OpenAI’s AI-powered video app, which the company announced was coming to an end despite the presence of a high-profile deal with Disney. That isn’t the only previously-announced service OpenAI is […]
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