What happens when quantum computers can finally crack encryption and break into the world’s best-kept secrets? It’s called Q-Day—the worst holiday maybe ever.
via WIRED: https://www.wired.com/story/q-day-apocalypse-quantum-computers-encryption/
If you had a universal picklock, you might tell everyone—or you might keep it hidden in your pocket for as long as you possibly could
Carl De Keyzer has faced a backlash.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2025/03/10/magnum-photographer-carl-de-keyzer-couldnt-shoot-in-russia-so-he-controversially-used-ai-instead/
Carl De Keyzer made his name by capturing very real photographs from the Soviet Union, India, and the Belgian Congo. However, for his most recent project, De Keyzer swapped the camera for artificial intelligence imaging tools.
If AI can paint, compose, and design with intent, what remains uniquely human in creativity? Is the process of making—intuition, struggle, discovery—essential, or will humans become mere curators of AI-generated art? When execution is automated, does creativity lose its meaning?
via Kaptur: https://kaptur.co/the-last-creative-spark-ai-the-blank-page-and-the-loss-of-the-process/
The belief that AI merely imitates while humans originate is being challenged by rapid advancements in machine learning. If we increasingly outsource execution, we risk losing not only craftsmanship but the process that allows ideas to evolve into something more than their original spark.
https://kaptur.co/the-last-creative-spark-ai-the-blank-page-and-the-loss-of-the-process/
Nikon and AFP have been working together to provide a perfect solution to the challenges faced by photojournalists today.
via The Phoblographer: https://www.thephoblographer.com/2025/02/20/nikon-prototype-helps-afp-certify-photos-using-c2pa-standard/
According to AFP, the “proof of concept” is ready, and one can verify the images whenever they appear on the web. The agency now intends to collaborate with the industry to advance this technology to protect its readers and photographers. This includes camera manufacturers, editing software developers, and news distributors to help safeguard photojournalism and its integrity.
This case will be cited in future legal arguments.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2025/02/19/first-legal-ruling-on-ai-copyright-and-training-data-goes-the-way-of-creators/
Ross was an artificial intelligence (AI) startup that Thomson Reuters sued in 2020 after it attempted to build a legal search engine using data from Thomson Reuter’s legal search engine, Westlaw. Judge Bibas writes in his decision that “none of Ross’s possible defenses holds water” against copyright infringement accusations
if photography is to survive, the community will need to institute rigorous measures to help certify what is real photograph from what is generated images
via Kaptur: https://kaptur.co/all-photographs-are-possible-but-how-do-we-trust-the-real-ones/
Below are the three broad approaches—technological, behavioral, and legislative—that can create an infrastructure supporting photography as a reliable witness. Each is described in more depth, highlighting specific tools and standards that could tangibly bolster trust in light-based imagery.
https://kaptur.co/all-photographs-are-possible-but-how-do-we-trust-the-real-ones/
For months members of the public have been using GeoSpy, a tool trained on millions of images that can find the location a photo was taken based on soil, architecture, and more. It’s GeoGuesser at scale.
via 404 Media: https://www.404media.co/the-powerful-ai-tool-that-cops-or-stalkers-can-use-to-geolocate-photos-in-seconds/
For months members of the public have been using GeoSpy, a tool trained on millions of images that can find the location a photo was taken based on soil, architecture, and more. It’s GeoGuesser at scale.
Fred Ritchin speaks about the risks and possibilities of AI in a moment defined by conflict, misinformation, and threats to democracy.
via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/is-documentary-photography-at-a-crossroads/
If you have had a visual currency that has been both believable and useful in making the lives of millions of people better, in helping to bring wars to an end earlier, in promoting civil rights, and in provoking global interventions when there’s disease or famine or earthquakes or other serious issues, rather than saying just that it’s been diminished in terms of its credibility, which it has been, I think the appropriate question is: What can be done to restore trust in it as a witness?
https://aperture.org/editorial/is-documentary-photography-at-a-crossroads/
via Conscientious Photography Magazine: https://cphmag.com/photographers-after-social-media/
Unlike the time when social media started, I believe this presents an opportunity for photographers today. Creating a new community on a different platform will take time and effort. In fact, it’s not even clear to me that focusing on only one app is the approach to follow: maybe app XXX works better for sharing work, while app YYY might be better for people who want to engage in conversations?
Discover ethical challenges in AI graphic design: bias, plagiarism, and ownership. Learn to address imbalanced data, copyright issues, and content authenticity while using AI responsibly for creative, inclusive design solutions.
via Kaptur: https://kaptur.co/ethical-issues-in-ai-graphic-design-bias-plagiarism-and-ownership/
The question of who owns AI-generated content is perhaps one of the most complex and unresolved issues in the realm of AI and graphic design today. As AI technologies continue to advance, producing increasingly sophisticated outputs, the traditional notions of authorship and ownership are being challenged in unprecedented ways.
https://kaptur.co/ethical-issues-in-ai-graphic-design-bias-plagiarism-and-ownership/
The pioneering artist was one of the first to reckon with AI. Now he’s happy the rest of the world is catching up.
via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/trevor-paglen-on-artificial-intelligence-ufos-and-mind-control/
The pioneering artist was one of the first to reckon with AI. Now he’s happy the rest of the world is catching up.
https://aperture.org/editorial/trevor-paglen-on-artificial-intelligence-ufos-and-mind-control/
A photo sharing startup founded by an ex-Google engineer found a clever way to turn Google’s tech against itself.
via WIRED: https://www.wired.com/story/website-google-ai-photos-ente/
One of the first photos Mohandas tried uploading was a selfie with his wife and daughter in front of a temple in Indonesia. Google’s analysis was exhaustive, even documenting the specific watch model that his wife was wearing, a Casio F-91W. But then, Mohandas says, the AI did something strange: It noted that Casio F-91W watches are commonly associated with Islamic extremists. “We had to tweak the prompts to make it slightly more wholesome but still spooky,”
Authenticity tech relies upon sensor-level fingerprints.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2024/11/15/this-new-device-establishes-content-authenticity-using-any-digital-camera/
As a research physicist from MIT, Stuart Sevier learned a lot about reality, technology, and perhaps most importantly, the perception of reality. He veered off his hardcore academic track to pursue the concept of reality from a more engineering-based perspective, ultimately founding Atom Images and working with a talented team to build the Atom H1, a tool built for photographers to capture trusted, authentic images in a world where the line between real and fake is becoming blurrier by the day.
A new feature on the camera app Halide allows you to take pictures without Apple’s A.I. optimization.
via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/how-i-fell-back-in-love-with-iphone-photography
The knowledge that Halide won’t gloss over imperfections makes me slow down and consider the creative process for a beat longer. It makes me think more about what I’m seeing
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/how-i-fell-back-in-love-with-iphone-photography
A major step forward for Content Credentials.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2024/10/08/adobe-pushes-content-authenticity-forward-with-a-free-web-app-designed-for-creators/
The Adobe Content Authenticity web app will be available as a free public beta starting early next year. Content Authenticity will be further integrated into all Adobe Creative Cloud apps that support Content Credentials, including Photoshop, Lightroom, and more. Adobe will share additional information at Adobe MAX later this month, and interested users can sign up to join the beta waitlist now.
Ex-Google CEO Says AI Companies Can Steal Content With Impunity | PetaPixel:
That wasn’t the only contentious comments delivered by Schmidt who left Google in 2020. He also blamed Work From Home (WFH) culture for the company’s woes.
I Hope Adobe Can Overcome Some Photographers’ Vitriol | PetaPixel:
The response to the podcast was immediate — so fast that it isn’t even possible that a majority of those who left comments and hit the dislike button could have listened to the whole podcast. Simply for setting foot in Adobe’s building, we were called shills as the hate flowed in. It feels very much like a “shoot the messenger” situation — one I’ve been in before, but that doesn’t make it any easier to come to terms with.
Adobe Answers Your Questions on AI, Controversies, and Photography | PetaPixel:
Over the past few weeks, we’ve compiled the questions you want Adobe to answer related to its push into AI, recent controversies, and the state of photography in general. We had a chance to sit down with Maria Yap, Adobe’s Vice President of Digital Imaging, to give the company a chance to respond.
You’re trying to watch the game and a photographer keeps getting in the shot.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2024/07/11/this-technology-makes-cameramen-disappear-during-live-sports-games/
The scientists say that when a camera operator appears on screen, it “detracts from critical game moments” and could lead to “revenue losses for broadcasters because of viewer dissatisfaction.”
https://petapixel.com/2024/07/11/this-technology-makes-cameramen-disappear-during-live-sports-games/
The comments haven’t gone down well.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2024/06/24/openai-cto-some-creative-jobs-will-go-away-mira-murati/
The chief technology officer of OpenAI thinks that the advent of artificial intelligence will mean “some creative jobs maybe will go” but adds that “maybe they shouldn’t have been there in the first place.”
https://petapixel.com/2024/06/24/openai-cto-some-creative-jobs-will-go-away-mira-murati/