Category: Software & Technology
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Adobe Pushes Content Authenticity Forward With a Free Web App Designed for Creators | PetaPixel
Adobe Pushes Content Authenticity Forward With a Free Web App Designed for Creators 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…
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Ex-Google CEO Says AI Companies Can Steal Content With Impunity | PetaPixel
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.
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I Hope Adobe Can Overcome Some Photographers’ Vitriol | PetaPixel
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…
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Adobe Answers Your Questions on AI, Controversies, and Photography | PetaPixel
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…
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This Technology Makes Cameramen Disappear During Live Sports Games | PetaPixel
This Technology Makes Cameramen Disappear During Live Sports Games 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.”…
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OpenAI CTO: ‘Some Creative Jobs Will Go Away’ | PetaPixel
OpenAI CTO: ‘Some Creative Jobs Will Go Away’ 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/
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Google’s A.I. Search Leaves Publishers Scrambling – The New York Times
Google’s A.I. Search Leaves Publishers Scrambling Since Google overhauled its search engine, publishers have tried to assess the danger to their brittle business models while calling for government intervention. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/01/technology/google-ai-search-publishers.html “It potentially chokes off the original creators of the content,” Mr. Pine said. The feature, AI Overviews, felt like another step toward generative A.I.…
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Photo Mechanic Integrates Content Credentials to Fight Fake Imagery | PetaPixel
Photo Mechanic Integrates Content Credentials to Fight Fake Imagery Photo editors will be able to add a digital watermark to each image. via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2024/05/15/photo-mechanic-integrates-content-credentials-to-fight-fake-imagery/ The image provenance system will soon be available as an option to “those who require a photo editing workflow that is compliant with the C2PA standard.” https://petapixel.com/2024/05/15/photo-mechanic-integrates-content-credentials-to-fight-fake-imagery/
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Fujifilm to Bring C2PA Content Authenticity to X and GFX Cameras | PetaPixel
Fujifilm to Bring C2PA Content Authenticity to X and GFX Cameras Fujifilm is joining the Content Authenticity Initiative. via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2024/05/15/fujifilm-to-bring-c2pa-content-authenticity-to-x-and-gfx-cameras/ Tucked at the bottom of its GFX 100S II announcement, Fujifilm says that it is joining the Content Authenticity Initiative to bring verification to its interchangeable lens series cameras. https://petapixel.com/2024/05/15/fujifilm-to-bring-c2pa-content-authenticity-to-x-and-gfx-cameras/
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How Tech Giants Cut Corners to Harvest Data for A.I. – The New York Times
How Tech Giants Cut Corners to Harvest Data for A.I. OpenAI, Google and Meta ignored corporate policies, altered their own rules and discussed skirting copyright law as they sought online information to train their newest artificial intelligence systems. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/06/technology/tech-giants-harvest-data-artificial-intelligence.html At Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, managers, lawyers and engineers last year discussed buying…
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Court Docs Reveal Midjourney Wanted to Copy the Style of These Photographers | PetaPixel
Court Docs Reveal Midjourney Wanted to Copy the Style of These Photographers The lawsuit against Midjourney is not done yet. via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2024/01/03/court-docs-reveal-midjourney-wanted-to-copy-the-style-of-these-photographers/ The huge list includes thousands of artists’ names; among them are scores of photographers — both living and dead — whose styles Midjourney apparently wanted to copy so that users of its…
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Inside the News Industry’s Uneasy Negotiations With OpenAI – The New York Times
Inside the News Industry’s Uneasy Negotiations With OpenAI Several major publishers have been in talks to license content to the creator of ChatGPT, but agreement on the price and terms has been elusive. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/29/business/media/media-openai-chatgpt.html “I think part of the reason news organizations are now looking so carefully at OpenAI is because they have 20…
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This AI Can Geolocate Photos Faster and More Accurately Than Any Human | PetaPixel
This AI Can Geolocate Photos Faster and More Accurately Than Any Human It has a 95 percent accuracy. via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2023/12/28/this-ai-can-geolocate-photos-faster-and-more-accurately-than-any-human/ Many photographers and photo editors have been faced with a picture they don’t know the location of but would like to. And while this new AI technology helps with that task, others have pointed…
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Opinion | A.I. Is the Future of Photography. Does That Mean Photography Is Dead? – The New York Times
Opinion | A.I. Is the Future of Photography. Does That Mean Photography Is Dead? A.I. generators can produce photorealistic images, which is either an extinction-level event for photographers or a fantastic opportunity. Or both. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/26/opinion/ai-future-photography.html Photography consists of pointing, as a reaction to something that exists in the world. With advent of A.I. image…
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The game-changing impact of AI on the photo industry – Kaptur
The game-changing impact of AI on the photo industry – Kaptur Strategies for businesses in the photo industry to embrace AI’s disruptive impact, leveraging new opportunities and rethinking traditional approaches. via Kaptur: https://kaptur.co/the-game-changing-impact-of-ai-on-the-photo-industry/ Last week, Lightricks CEO Zeev Farbman candidly shared how AI is impacting Lightricks’ photo editing app business. For one, AI tech makes…
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The Value of Trust in Photography – Kaptur
The Value of Trust in Photography – Kaptur How much are we willing to pay to know that the source of our imagery is trustworthy? What is the value of trust in photography? via Kaptur: https://kaptur.co/the-value-of-trust-in-photography/ This drives us to the core issue: what is that trust’s value? Does a photograph that contains that certificate…
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Adobe Stock Changes Policy on AI Images Depciting Real Events | PetaPixel
Adobe Stock Changes Policy on AI Images Depciting Real Events Adobe says it has listened to concerned community members. via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2023/11/27/adobe-stock-changes-policy-on-ai-images-depciting-real-events/ The rise of AI imagery is of real concern to public discourse: The actress Rosie O’Donnell shared this AI image from TikTok of a Palestinian mother dragging her children and belongings down a…
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Sony’s In-Camera Authentication Technology Passes AP’s Tests | PetaPixel
Sony’s In-Camera Authentication Technology Passes AP’s Tests Sony prepares its shield against AI-generated fake photos. via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2023/11/21/sonys-in-camera-authentication-technology-passes-aps-tests/ Sony’s new in-camera solution creates a digital signature at the time of capture, and unlike Leica’s M11-P, Sony’s answer to the “fake news” problem does not require specialized hardware inside its cameras. Existing cameras, like the Sony…
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We’re not ready for a major shift in visual journalism – Poynter
We’re not ready for a major shift in visual journalism – Poynter As generative AI tools explode, we desperately need conversations about how it will shape our world via Poynter: https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2023/were-not-ready-for-a-major-shift-in-visual-journalism/ I have lived through the move from paste-up to digital design, saw print reduced to almost nothing, led a photo team that was forced…
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Here’s Why AI Companies Think They Can Use Photographers’ Work Without Compensation | PetaPixel
Here’s Why AI Companies Think They Can Use Photographers’ Work Without Compensation Some say it would be of “very little benefit.” via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2023/11/06/heres-why-ai-companies-think-they-can-use-photographers-work-without-compensation/ After the U.S. Copyright Office put out a call for opinions on how copyright should work with AI-generated material, the world’s biggest AI companies had a lot to say.