China Issues Rules on Generative AI, But Only For Products Used by its Citizens
China has announced new rules on generative artificial intelligence (AI), mandating that the technology must follow "core values of socialism."
The First Ever AI-Generated Magazine Cover ‘Shoot’ Sparks Controversy
The first-ever magazine cover "shoot" entirely generated by artificial intelligence (AI) has been published on the front of Glamour magazine in Bulgaria.
Photographers are Turning on Each Other in Their AI Paranoia
The great photographer panic over artificial intelligence (AI) has been underway for some time, but it reached new heights this week when a photo competition disqualified a genuine photo after the judges became suspicious that iPhone photographer Suzi Dougherty was trying to trick them.
Stability AI Boss Admits to Using ‘Billions’ of Images Without Consent
Yesterday at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on artificial intelligence (AI) and copyright, Stability AI head of public policy Ben Brooks admitted to using "billions" of images without asking the copyright owner's consent to train the AI image generator Stable Diffusion.
Shutterstock May Have Paid Out Over $4 Million From its AI Contributor Fund
Shutterstock's Contributor Fund aims to give back to photographers and artists whose work has been used to train generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools -- such as the AI image generator the company is currently promoting.
Adobe Firefly Has Now Generated Over a Billion AI Images
Adobe's generative artificial intelligence (AI) has been used to create over a billion images since its launch this past March, and the Silicon Valley software company isn't slowing down: Firefly availability is expanding to all global markets.
Real Photo Disqualified From Photography Contest For Being AI
A genuine picture taken on an iPhone was thrown out of a photography competition after the judges suspected that it was generated by artificial intelligence (AI).
Fillmmaker Creates Trippy Music Festival Video With Midjourney
A filmmaker employed the artificial intelligence (AI) image generator Midjourney to make a surreal video edit of a music festival.
Shutterstock is Granting Legal Protection to its Generative AI Users
Shutterstock says customers using its artificial intelligence (AI) image generators will be offered full indemnification, protecting them from potential claims against the use of the images.
AI Image Generator Midjourney Adds Panoramic Tool and ‘Weird’ Feature
Midjourney keeps churning out new tools including a new panoramic feature allowing users to create wider scenes from generated images.
Adobe Limits Its Employees’ Use of Generative AI
Adobe seems to be cracking down on employees using artificial intelligence (AI), including restricting workers’ abilities to sign up for services with their personal emails.
Shutterstock is Paying ‘AI Photographers’ to Promote its Image Generator
Shutterstock is paying online influencers and photographers who generate images with artificial intelligence (AI) to promote its image generator.
Picsart’s New AI GIF Generator Can Produce Some Very Weird Results
Picsart has announced a new GIF generator that creates original, short animations from simple prompts or phrases. While the concept is similar to how image generating artificial intelligence works, Picsart's results are far more unhinged.
Copyright Office Refuses to ‘Register Works Entirely Generated by AI’
The United States Copyright Office (USCO) has doubled down on its stance regarding artificial intelligence (AI), stating unequivocally that it will not register works generated entirely by AI.
Adobe Previews New AI Image Generator Tool
Fresh off its Generative Fill Tool that created plenty of buzz, Adobe has previewed a new generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool.
AI Can’t Survive Without Photography
As photographers wait nervously for artificially intelligent (AI) robots to replace them, an inherent quirk of the technology may actually be what saves them.
Photographers Upset That Adobe Firefly AI is Competing Against Them
Photographers and creators have raised concerns over Adobe's Firefly accusing the software giant of setting up competition against them without being paid for it.
Google is Developing an AI That Lets You ‘Generate Endless Selfies’
Google says it is developing an artificial intelligence (AI) software that is trained off real photos of a user and can then generate an infinite number of selfies so that a user doesn't even have to activate their camera to post to Instagram.
Marvel’s Secret Invasion Opening Credits Were Made by AI, Sparking Outrage
The opening credits for the new Marvel TV series Secret Invasion were created from generative artificial intelligence (AI), a move that caused dismay among some industry insiders.
Woman Uses Photoshop’s New AI Tool to Easily Create a Hospital Bed Selfie
A woman revealed how easily she used Photoshop's new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered Generative Fill tool to fake a selfie of her lying in a hospital bed with a nurse by her side.
Generative AI is a Minefield for Copyright Law
In 2022, an AI-generated work of art won the Colorado State Fair’s art competition. The artist, Jason Allen, had used Midjourney – a generative AI system trained on art scraped from the internet – to create the piece. The process was far from fully automated: Allen went through some 900 iterations over 80 hours to create and refine his submission.
Photographers May Have to Embrace AI, Whether They Want To or Not
There are many different kinds of photographer. There are passionate hobbyists, professionals, amateurs, and smartphone shooters who have only a passing interest in photography. With very few exceptions, all of them are now using artificial intelligence (AI) in some form or another.
With AI, Google Can Now Shows How Clothes Fit on Different Models
Google is expanding its use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) by integrating the technology into Search, where its virtual try-on will now allow users to show clothes on a selection of real models by generating the items onto their bodies.
The ‘World’s First AI Photographer’ Undercuts Real Photographers
An artificial intelligence (AI) photo company promises to "cut out the need for expensive photographers" by providing a cost-effective way to generate all manner of images for the user.
DALL-E vs Photoshop: Which is Better for Extending Photos?
One of the best features of Adobe Photoshop's new Generative Fill tool is extending a photo beyond its original borders. But how does it stack up against DALL-E's Outpainting?
Adobe is Making its Firefly Generative AI Available to Big Businesses
Adobe has announced that it is making its Firefly generative artificial intelligence (AI) available to enterprise customers to allow brands to deploy it across their organizations and custom train it with their own assets.
AI Image Spotted on Giant Billboard (And The Hands Are All Messed Up)
An image generated by artificial intelligence (AI) with obvious flaws has been plastered on a huge billboard advertising a property development, PetaPixel has exclusively learned.
Japan Declares AI Training Data Fair Game and ‘Will Not Enforce Copyright’
In the first such declaration of its kind, Japan has seemingly asserted that it will not enforce copyrights when it comes to training generative artificial intelligence (AI) programs.
What Does an AI Really Know About Your Photo?
A photographer and computer scientist wanted to see how much artificial intelligence (AI) can tell him about what's in a photo with surprising results.
RIP Photographers? All The Wild Things People Are Doing With Photoshop’s New Generative Fill Tool
Since Adobe Photoshop launched its new artificial intelligence (AI) Generative Fill tool last week, the "photoverse" has been awash with its awesome power. PetaPixel has rounded up some of the most remarkable examples so far.