There are a lot of divergent opinions about artificial intelligence out there. And nothing draws more attention right now than the generative segment of this new, emerging industry. Capable of creating almost anything using a text prompt, generative AI has many people worried about the future of not only creative endeavors but also other jobs. […]
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.
If you’re active on the Internet, particularly social media, you might have already seen this but it’s a story about a viral disaster that involves AI-generated imagery that failed to live up to its promise. There’s a new Willy Wonka film coming out and, per marketing tradition, it has all sorts of promotional events tied […]
Launched as a response to Twitter, Meta’s Threads is somewhat of a companion app to the media-driven Instagram. But now it looks like it might start taking on more of Instagram’s features as Threads revealed plans on its blog to launch a much-requested in-camera app. While it might seem redundant, it looks like the apps […]
The annual drama around camera sales is a perennial exercise in “the sky is falling” prognostication but one persistently glowing (and growing) area of our industry is found in the more high-margin segment. Perhaps underscoring this, Leica just reported its third consecutive year of growth in sales revenue, and the company isn’t shy about bragging […]
The world is getting flooded with AI content and for some businesses that’s a problem, particularly if it relies on people being who they say they are. That’s why the dating app Tinder is moving towards video selfies to verify user identities amidst the rise of AI-created selfies and content. And while that makes a […]
Artificial intelligence is the next big thing but it is far from perfect. All of the other issues aside, sometimes AI just can’t seem to “generate” what the user wants. Sometimes it “hallucinates” solutions altogether. But in the case of Google’s Gemini generative AI, it seems that the major problem users identified with it is […]