Seemingly Harmless Photos Could Be Used to Hack AI Agents
A new study has revealed a new type of cyber threat linked to AI agents, where ordinary-looking photos can be altered to secretly issue malicious commands.
A new study has revealed a new type of cyber threat linked to AI agents, where ordinary-looking photos can be altered to secretly issue malicious commands.
A UK press photographer has spoken out after a conviction against him for assaulting a police officer was overturned just half an hour before his appeal was due to be heard.
Chris Steele-Perkins, the celebrated photographer who worked for Magnum Photos agency for over four decades, has died at the age of 78.
Baseball reporter Ken Rosenthal is taking serious heat after he collided with a photographer and then gave him "stink eye" as he walked away.
LaCie's latest Rugged series portable SSD combines the durability for which the Rugged series is known with improved performance.
Photographer Nicole Tung uses her camera to expose powerful, important stories from the hidden world of Southeast Asia's fishing industry, shining a light on the industry's human and environmental costs.
Here at PetaPixel, we love printing and hanging our favorite photos. One of the best ways to do so is by using online labs like WhiteWall. However, when it comes to picking the perfect materials, like paper, mats, and frames, it's hard to know which materials are the best choice for a specific photo. That's where WhiteWall's new sample kits come in.
The new Asus ProArt P16 notebook aims at the Apple MacBook Pro, promising to deliver the powerful performance high-end PC notebooks are known for while maintaining a sleek style that is much rarer in the PC space. Powerful PC notebooks aren't just for gamers, after all.
This week on The PetaPixel Podcast, things are a little bit different. First we're talking about making a documentary and then we time-travel down to Cupertino for a conversation about the new iPhone series.
It remains one of the most shocking photographs ever captured, igniting worldwide debates about the ethics of photojournalism. But what is the story behind Kevin Carter’s The Girl and the Vulture?
Henley Bailey of Akara Labs, whom PetaPixel wrote about last year after he built the Leica M Mount 6-bit Encoder to easily adapting old lenses to Leica M digital rangefinders, is back with another creation for the modern photographer. This time it is a "Slim Skin" case for the popular Fujifilm X-E5.
Atomos announced the Shinobi 7 RX Monitor today at IBC in Amsterdam, bringing a new super-bright HDR 7-inch monitor to the high-end video market.
Venus Optics announced a new anamorphic lens series for full-frame cameras. The Laowa Sunlight 2x FF Anamorphic Zoom Series brings the anamorphic look from Laowa's Proteus series to a broader audience and makes anamorphic filmmaking more accessible.
Scandinavian lighting company Kelvin has announced a strategic partnership with SmallRig, aimed at positioning the two brands as major players in the global photo and video lighting market.
Video editors have been discussing the widely speculated-on glitch that occurred in President Trump's address to the nation video regarding the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
This has been an extremely busy week for product announcements. While we rarely do recap stories here, we're making an exception to ensure none of the biggest news flies under the radar. From lenses and cameras to iPhone and software, here is the biggest photography, video, and technology news of the week.
Apple has announced Final Cut Camera 2.0, a major update to its professional video capture app that supports the advanced filmmaking tools introduced in the newest iPhone models, including the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max.
A SpaceX Starlink satellite was recently photographed passing over China’s secretive Dingxin Airbase, appearing in an image captured by a commercial Earth-observation satellite.
The Royal Observatory Greenwich's ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year 17 contest showcases the best astronomical and night sky images of the year, captured by exceptional photographers worldwide. This year's winning photos include spectacular shots of distant galaxies, unique images of the Sun, magical nightscapes on Earth, and much more.
Godox has announced the MG4K, a powerful new lighting unit aimed at professional video productions and large studio environments.
Sony introduced two new CFexpress 4.0 Type A Tough memory cards, expanding its lineup of ultra-fast memory cards with more affordable, lower-capacity offerings.
The director of the hit horror movie Weapons has revealed how the photo “The Terror of War,” more commonly known as “Napalm Girl,” inspired the children's unsettling running pose.
NASA’s Perseverance rover has taken high-resolution images of unusual rocks on Mars that could represent the strongest evidence yet of possible ancient life.
Researchers have filmed an adorable, previously unknown species of deep-sea snailfish with oversized eyes more than 10,700 feet beneath the ocean surface.
A new BBC short documentary has uncovered the story of Lo Manh Hung, a 12-year-old photographer who covered the Vietnam War and is believed to be the world’s youngest photojournalist.
Making a movie of any kind, scripted or otherwise, is a massive endeavor. Not only do you need to assemble the right team, but you also need to figure out budgets, manage every shooting day carefully, and prepare for every eventuality. So while the PetaPixel team may have the camera and editing skills, the multitude of other factors usually preclude us from actually making a movie. So, when the opportunity was presented, we jumped on it.
Fujifilm has fully announced the medium format cinema camera it has been slowly teasing over the past year. It will be called the GFX Eterna 55, will feature a huge list of recording formats and codecs, and will be priced at $16,499.95.
When Fujifilm announced that it was developing the GFX Eterna, now officially unveiled as the GFX Eterna 55, the company also revealed that it was making a Fujinon GF 32-90mm Power Zoom. However, Fujifilm first teased the a GFX power zoom lens way back in September 2023 on its lens roadmap. The long-awaited, oft-teased lens has been completely revealed today, and it is the Fujinon GF 32-90mm T3.5 PZ OIS WR.
Apple just unveiled its highly anticipated flagship iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max smartphones yesterday, and SmallRig quickly announced an accompanying series of cases and accessories for the new devices, including mobile filmmaking grips, cages, cases, and filter adapters.
The Camp Snap is all grown up. Camp Snap announced a new premium version of its super-popular point-and-shoot Camp Snap Camera, the Camp Snap Pro, also known as the CS-Pro.
British camera accessory maker 3 Legged Thing has announced the Axis Strap System, a new approach to one of photography’s most fundamental tools.
A new device, the MicroCam X1, has surfaced on Kickstarter, promising to combine microscopy, macro photography, and close-up video capture into an affordable pocket-sized tool. But is it too good to be true?
Bending Spoons has entered a definitive agreement with Vimeo to purchase the video platform for $1.38 billion.
Google recently introduced a powerful new AI model that can edit photos as well as generate synthetic images. And now a viral trend sees people turning theirphotos into imaginary figurines.
During the iPhone 17 Pro segment of Apple's keynote yesterday, the company revealed that the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max smartphones now support genlock, which helps filmmakers keep multiple video sources in sync. While discussing this, Apple showed the new Blackmagic Design Camera ProDock accessory for professional videographers, and it promises to power up the iPhone 17 Pro series in a big way.
Leitz Cine, a legendary brand in cinematic optics, has entered the mirrorless lens market. The new Leitz Cine Hektor lens lineup comprises six T2.1 primes, ranging from 18mm to 100mm, all designed for full-frame mirrorless cameras.
A photographer has been reunited with his long-lost 9/11 commemorative plaque -- a piece he thought he would never see again -- after it was discovered by a stranger and traced back to him through a Reddit post.
OpenAI plans to produce a feature-length animated film using AI technology, in roughly a quarter of the time normally required for a project of this scale.
Far be it from me to criticize one of my fellow PetaPixel writers, but I feel it necessary to counter Bimal Nepal's recent "Stop Making Digital Look Like Film" op-ed.
A 19th-century photography studio based in Gettysburg, PA, that produces Civil War-era wet plate collodion pictures for clients has been devastated by a fire.