Animals Charity Forced to Deny Shocking Photo is AI
An animal welfare organization has been forced to deny that its distressing photo of 250 dogs crammed into a single house is AI-generated -- in a damning reflection of modern media literacy.
Matt Growcoot spent ten years as a news photographer in the UK, carrying out assignments for the Guardian, the Daily Mail, the Telegraph, and many others. Aside from shooting breaking news and Premier League soccer, he began to write as well, getting bylines as well as photo credits. Matt has since produced photography-focused books for Penguin Random House and dabbled with video too, with his story-led camera work seen on the BBC, ABC, and NHK.
An animal welfare organization has been forced to deny that its distressing photo of 250 dogs crammed into a single house is AI-generated -- in a damning reflection of modern media literacy.
Google Maps has rolled out new features centered on photos, including one that can scan photos and videos on a user's phone to find the most relevant images for a particular location.
Just a couple of weeks after PetaPixel wrote about the juvenile culture overseen by Sam Altman at OpenAI, the New Yorker has written a damning article about Altman questioning his trustworthiness.
As smart glasses become more and more popular -- increasingly looking like a competitor to the ubiquitous smartphone -- the contentious feature is the camera. It's been at the center of a string of controversies, from creeps clandestinely filming people to tech workers reviewing users' intimate footage.
A darkroom printer's scrapbook containing previously unseen photos that belonged to Lee Miller and Cecil Beaton has been unearthed and acquired by the University of Oxford's Bodleian Libraries.
If there is a villain in The Stringer documentary, then it is not so much Nick Ut, the AP photographer who has long been credited with taking the famous Napalm Girl photograph, but Horst Faas, the Chief of Photos in Saigon who allegedly swapped the credit on Napalm Girl.
The NASA Artemis II astronauts recorded history yesterday by traveling further from Earth than humans before them -- 248,655 miles (400,000 kilometers) -- and on their epic journey, the crew has been capturing awe-inspiring photos of rarely seen celestial sights.
Grizzly bears are arguably the most iconic animals in North America, and perhaps the most famous individual living right now is known simply as 'The Boss', who lives near Banff, Canada.
Project Hail Mary has been a massive success, grossing $420.7 million so far. Part of the appeal is the incredible photography, which comes off effortlessly. But the cinematographer, Greig Fraser, says it was anything but.
Today, the astronauts on board Artemis II will travel further from Earth than any humans in history, as they fly around the far side of the Moon.
The Governor of Texas Greg Abbott shared an AI-generated photo that falsely depicts a U.S. pilot who was rescued from Iran.
YouTube will stream Coachella live in 4K, allowing viewers to switch between multiple stages, and even follow a vertical feed shot on Google Pixel.
Le Géant was an enormous 196-foot-tall gas balloon that photography pioneer Félix Nadar used in his bid to master aerial imagery -- it all ended in a 25-mile-long crash and his wife landing in a river.
Minnesota lawmakers are reportedly close to outright banning AI nudification apps that create explicit images of people, mostly women, without consent.
A photographer has captured a poignant image of the paschal full Moon setting behind three crosses, signifying the coming of Easter.
Artemis II blasted off yesterday on a historic mission that sees humans return to the Moon's vicinity for the first time in over 50 years.
These photos of 70-foot-tall light cones shimmering over the Californian desert may look beautiful, but scratch the surface and they actually represent fascinating theories about the space-time continuum.
A politician in the Netherlands who won a council seat in a local election has denied that her publicity photograph was AI-generated.
The shortlist for the 2026 World Food Photography Awards sponsored by Bimi® has been announced.
She looked down the lens of some of the most famous photographers of the 20th century, now a new exhibition will celebrate the life and work of Marilyn Monroe via the portraits that immortalized her.
Google Street View can capture the weird and wonderful, and this week a bicycle accident from 2018 has been going viral on the internet.
Meta has introduced two new Ray-Ban smart glasses designed for people who need prescription lenses.
The most famous photographer in the world, Annie Leibovitz, is cooking up something with the United States men's national soccer team (USMNT) ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
A photographer has captured the first-ever images of a rare and adorable Ross seal swimming in the icy waters of Antarctica.
A famous viral video is being preserved by the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, an organization charged with the preservation of the country's audiovisual cultural heritage.
Photographers are always looking for the best light, but what about bright red? It happened this week in Western Australia.
Overzealous Reddit moderators are back at it again: Paul McCartney has been booted out of the subreddit that's dedicated to him.
The C2PA software championed by Adobe to verify real photos could be hacked, at least that's according to researchers from ETH Zurich who have proposed an alternative system.
NASA has released a series of awesome photos from its most recent spacewalk outside the International Space Station.
Dozens of British citizens have been detained in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for taking photos of the carange that's been unleashed across the Middle East.
The London Camera Exchange has announced the winners of its LCE Photographer of the Year 2026 (LCE POTY) competition.
A YouTube video from a relatively new channel has lampooned the state of modern photography that many will find relatable.
In January, Meta revealed it was pausing international rollout for its new Ray-Ban Display Glasses, citing supply concerns. That might not be the only issue.
An Associated Press photographer has recounted how he captured President Trump's first Cabinet meeting since the United States and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran.
Sam Altman has always cut a strange figure to me; like a teenager in many ways. Even his Twitter bio, "AI is cool I guess," is a sullen and petulant remark.
Drones have become part of the photographer's toolkit, but they can be daunting. This is where the Micro Drone 3.0 Neo by Extreme Fliers comes in.
A Los Angeles jury has found that Meta and Google are liable for harm caused to a young woman who says she developed an addiction to their platforms as a child, awarding her a total of $6 million in damages.
Caitlin Clark has become the latest sports star to pick up a camera and try capturing the action instead of being in it, appearing last night at an NBA basketball game.
The Audubon Photography Awards has selected its 10 favorite videos from its 2025 competition, which capture various fascinating bird behaviors.
The wheels are quite literally falling off NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover, which is still trundling over the Red Planet some 13 years after it was dropped off there.
The largest newspaper in the Netherlands ran an AI-generated photo of a woman on its website alongside a made-up story about her attempting to book a flight out of Dubai.
A satellite captured a "unique view" of the International Space Station as two astronauts were engaged on a spacewalk above Argentina.
A photo of a lynx in Spain playing with its food has won the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year Nuveen People’s Choice Award 2026.
Instagram has begun rolling out an update that allows users to change the order of photos and videos in a carousel post -- after it has already been published.
As smart glasses begin to unleash havoc on society -- largely thanks to their clandestine cameras that bad actors use to make mischief -- one startup is addressing the problem.
Processing thousands of photos on a computer can be a cumbersome task, especially when the task at hand is tedious and unimaginative. Could agentic AI be an answer to that?
A photographer has expressed his delight as his images of deep space objects appear in theaters worldwide during the end credits of Project Hail Mary.
A cameraman caught a soccer fan pointing a laser beam in the face of a soccer player in Argentina -- and now she's been banned.
A High Court judge in London has found that a claimant gave evidence while using smart glasses to receive assistance during cross-examination, leading to the rejection of his testimony.
Runway has demonstrated a new AI video technology in which HD imagery is created in real time. While the technology could be an exciting development in the world of entertainment, others say it will make it even harder to spot fakes.