AI Product Photo Platform Photoroom Receives $43 Million in Funding
AI-powered photo editor Photoroom has received a significant injection of new funding to the tune of $43 million.
AI-powered photo editor Photoroom has received a significant injection of new funding to the tune of $43 million.
World-class chipmaker NVIDIA became the first company in its industry to reach a market cap above $2 trillion. This remarkable high water mark capped off an incredible week for NVIDIA, which posted record revenue last week.
Microsoft has been active with artificial intelligence lately, including developing an AI-powered Super Resolution upscaling tech for Windows 11. The company's latest AI advancement is Generative Erase in Windows Photos, and it's available now on Windows 10 for select users.
Photography software company ON1, the makers of ON1 Photo RAW 2024, unveiled a new version of its AI-powered noise reduction software, ON1 NoNoise AI 2024. The new release promises improved results and a more streamlined editing workflow.
In 2016, Adobe developed a technology that was best described as "Photoshop for audio." It would be able to change words in a voiceover simply by typing new words. Sounds scary, right? It was, and Adobe never released it -- for good reason.
OpenAI announced Sora, a new text-to-video AI program that can turn short prompts into photo-realistic video. It still doesn't really know what to do with hands yet, though.
Polarr has launched the Polarr Next Public Beta 1.0. Building on the company's experience with artificial intelligence and photo editing solutions, Polarr Next is "the world's first user-trainable AI photo editor that adapts to user inputs in real-time," promising to "revolutionize" how professional photographers work with large batches of RAW images.
Adobe Express, an all-in-one design, photo, and video app, now has first-of-its-kind integration with the social media platform TikTok.
Microsoft is planning to bring its AI-powered Super Resolution upscaling technology to Windows 11, incorporating the upscaler into various non-gaming applications.
In the wake of an already contentious election season, Midjourney might ban images of President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump.
Apple released an open-source AI model for image editing, possibly giving users a hint at what's to come in the company's upcoming generative AI features.
More than 200 companies and organizations signed on to join the US AI Safety Insitute Consortium to advance responsible use of artificial intelligence.
Glass Imaging, a company that showcased its ability to dramatically improve the quality of smartphone images thanks to its specialized neural network, has received $9.3 million in a seed funding round led by Google Ventures.
In a recent interview, a Samsung executive attempted to gaslight us all by saying that no photo is really "real."
In a recent interview with Samsung regarding its push into generative AI, the South Korean company took a strong and, likely, polarizing stance: there is no such thing as a real picture.
Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed the company is working on bringing users generative AI software features, which he expects to come later this year.
Qysea has a new update for its Fifish underwater drones that allows them to track and follow divers underwater, similar to how aerial drones are able to follow and track moving subjects on the ground.
Samsung has experienced some steep declines in profit over the last couple of years and in its recent earnings report, the company has failed to turn that around.
A 61-year-old grandfather is suing Macy's and Sunglass Hut over the stores' alleged use of facial recognition technology led to his wrongful arrest, imprisonment, and sexual assault in jail.
The national and New Jersey chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union filed an amicus brief in support of a man who was reportedly wrongfully arrested after facial recognition misidentified him.
Topaz Labs' Gigapixel is one of the best applications available for upscaling images. Now, it should be even better, thanks to the largest update to the program that Topaz Labs has released in over a year. Users will see a range of improvements, including a fresh UI and, not surprisingly, upgrades to the AI engine.
Circle to Search, one of the major AI-powered features that was heavily emphasized during last week's Samsung's Unpacked event for the Galaxy S24 Ultra, is rolling out on Pixel 8 and 8 Pro along with several other AI-focused updates.
Last week, Samsung unveiled its new Galaxy S24 Ultra that had some hardware improvements, but leaned much more heavily on software and the addition of AI-powered features. It got us thinking, does a new smartphone need more than just AI to be compelling?
Like the majestic Canada Goose, I escaped a particularly brutal winter by flying south. As temperatures back home plummeted to a balmy -40 degrees, my plane landed in San Jose, California. San Jose is the West Coast convention center capital of the tech world, and Samsung was there for the brand new Galaxy S24 series of smartphones.
Excire Foto has announced the launch of its "Next-Gen AI" tool for Adobe Lightroom Classic with the release of Excire Search. This new $189 Plugin will let Adobe users bring Excire's advanced image management software directly into their Lightroom Classic workflows.
Retouch4Me has announced two new Artificial Intelligence (AI) plugins for its suite of Photoshop Tools that add automatic Dust Cleanup for still images, and expands its Color Match tool to apply color grades from still images to video.
While there is a lot of buzz for the new Samsung Galaxy S24 series of smartphones, including their most significant feature, Galaxy AI, some fine print concerning the potential cost of some of these AI functions has dropped some rain on Samsung's parade.
The strategic partnership between Qualcomm and Samsung has borne more fruit with today's announcement of the Samsung Galaxy S24 series smartphones. The trio of new handhelds are powered by Qualcomm's most advanced chipset yet, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Mobile Platform.
At its Unpacked event today, Samsung announced the Galaxy S24 series of smartphones, including the new S24, S24+, and flagship S24 Ultra.
Although this year's CES has ended, there is still plenty left to come this month, including the much-anticipated Samsung Unpacked event next week. So, what is the Korean tech giant expected to announce?
There have been numerous examples in the news recently about how generative AI can be used to violate or scam people. Taylor Swift and her fans are the latest victims of deceptive AI practices.
Popular drawing tablet company Wacom is under fire for allegedly using AI-generated artwork on its social media, infuriating the company's customer base who already face an existential threat due to AI-generated imagery.
Last year, Adobe entered the generative AI fray with a tool of its own, Adobe Firefly. However, the software giant set itself apart when that announcement came with a legal compensation backing. Adobe's general counsel explains why.
OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT and DALL-E, is fighting a major legal battle against New York Times for what The Times alleges was "unlawful use" of its content during OpenAI's extensive AI training process.
Swarovski, a leading name in high-end binoculars, announced the AX Visio binoculars: the world's first AI-supported system that is capable of recognizing over 9,000 animal species. They also feature a 13-megapixel sensor and photo/video capture capability.
Panasonic announced that it developed a new image recognition AI that has a new "classification algorithm" that is more accurate than conventional methods.
Samsung and SK Hynix, both South Korean-based sensor manufacturers, are reportedly putting heavy emphasis on integrating AI tech directly onto an image sensor.
This photograph, which has over one milion likes on Facebook, shows a man in an outdoor sawmill kneeling next to the wooden carving of a German Shepherd that he painstakingly created.
Midjourney v6 is now available, and the upgraded model promises improved realism, the ability to create convincing text on an image, more specificity in prompts, and more.
TikTok users are expanding their photos with artificial intelligence (AI) in a new trend.