A few years ago, the big trend was “authenticity.” Instagram was “too artificial,” thus a bunch of more “authentic” experiences cropped up. Now that whole premise is being challenged by the advent of AI-generated content although this isn’t the first attack on social media’s notions around what is real and genuine when it comes to […]
Author: Kehl Bayern
Kehl is our staff photography news writer since 2017 and has over a decade of experience in online media and publishing and you can get to know him better here and follow him on Insta.
Back in the old days of the Internet, hosting images was a big business. Heck, it still is in many ways even though there are a ton of options out there. One of the old titans of the early social media days was Photobucket. Now the owner of some 13 billion images, the company recently […]
It’s a feature of modern life that most modern companies dread: Cyberattacks. Capable of bringing down a firm’s operations and causing serious financial damage. Often held for ransom, these incidents can really hamper a company’s ability to do business, as Japanese lens maker Hoya is experiencing right now. Reported by PetaPixel and detailed in a […]
Generative AI is touted as the future but it’s far from that goal here in the present. Stories like today’s headline illustrate that pretty clearly – and it’s not an isolated incident. Google also had some similar issues with its generative AI; namely, these platforms are either outputting incorrect images or, in some cases, somewhat […]
Artificial intelligence is many things but “natural” is probably one word that isn’t associated with it. Apple wants to change that as it works to make AI-powered services like future versions of Siri “more natural” in the way they interact with users. This includes contextual reasoning or “reading between the lines,” PetaPixel reports. This is […]
There’s a lot to be said for authenticity in a world of AI-generated media, but there’s also a need to give creators proper credit. Combining the two into one platform offers creators a unique proposition and that is exactly what Mosaic seeks to do when it comes to content you see on popular social media […]