As part of Apple's $600 billion investment in American manufacturing, Apple will work with smartphone rival Samsung at its Austin, Texas facility to create "innovative new technology for making chips." These new chips are reportedly image sensors, a major move for Apple.
Disney was reportedly planning to deepfake Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson for parts of the live-action remake of Moana but ultimately decided against it over fears of reprisal and copyright concerns.
Nature photographers have raised the alarm that AI slop pages on Facebook are stealing their work, editing their pictures with AI, and then reuploading them without credit while passing them off as real creatures.
During its last quarter financial briefing, Apple admitted it had already paid about $800 million to handle ever-changing tariffs and estimated it would pay another $1.1 billion in the current quarter. Apple is poised to spend $100 billion to invest in U.S. manufacturing, which would help the company avoid tariffs and appease the Trump, who has put Apple's global manufacturing practices squarely in his crosshairs.
Instagram has introduced 'Reposts,' which allows users to reshare public content, including Reels and grid posts from creators, that will show up in a new profile tab or in their friends' recommendations.
Google announced Genie 3, a new general-purpose AI-powered world model that can generate diverse, photorealistic interactive environments.
Two men were arrested for flying a drone over a terminal on the runway of an airport while allegedly trying to take a photo of a food stand.
Long before Elon Musk bought Twitter and rebranded it to X, the platform was known for allowing users to post a wide range of explicit content. Under Musk's anti-censorship stewardship, the social media platform has only become more of a Wild West. xAI's new Grok Imagine AI image and video generator is poised to take that reputation even further, and the alarm bells are already sounding.
There is a new experience coming to the Sphere in Las Vegas: a novel version of The Wizard of Oz that has been upscaled, reimagined, and modified with AI technology for the unique theater.
A British tourist is facing a $231,000 fine for flying an unauthorized drone at a festival in Spain last month.
A photo manipulation expert has dropped a mind-bending video proving just how difficult it has become to tell reality from AI fakery.
The singer Rod Stewart has been criticized for using AI images of dead musical icons posing for selfies together at his concert tour.
Apple has spent nearly $1 billion paying tariffs already, and expects to pay even more next quarter, primarily to China.
A California school district is reportedly being sued after a student allegedly sent AI nude photos of her classmate.
It has over 200 million views on TikTok and has people questioning what is real and what isn't -- A viral AI video of bunnies bouncing on a trampoline has stormed the internet this week.
It is embroiled in a lawsuit with Getty Images in which it is accused of stealing millions of photos to build its AI image generator, but Stability AI says that it is working on a platform that would allow copyright holders to license their work to AI model developers.
A team of computer scientists has developed a novel watermarking method that could make it easier to detect AI-generated videos.
Sony Imaging and Sensing Solutions (I&SS) segment recently held a chat with investors, and as part of its presentation, Sony Semiconductor Solutions (SSS) expanded upon a prospective triple-layer image sensor that promises significant performance improvements.
Just yesterday, PetaPixel reported that AI-generated models have started appearing in Vogue magazine and now a new Microsoft study suggests it is unlikely that readers realized that the photorealistic images were synthetic.
LeBron James is reportedly unhappy with bizarre AI videos showing him as if he were pregnant and has called in lawyers. This is one of the first times a celebrity has threatened legal action against an AI company.
Runway has launched a new AI video model that can manipulate existing footage with text prompts -- rather than generative synthetic videos from nothing.
It is the dystopian nightmare many photographers feared: AI-generated images of models are appearing in the pages of illustrious magazines like Vogue.
Tea -- a viral app that allows women to post anonymous reviews about men they've dated -- has had 72,000 images, including women’s selfies and photo IDs, leaked online by hackers.
The UK recently introduced the Online Safety Act, which contains new requirements for social media platforms to protect users, particularly minors, from illegal or harmful content. As part of the regulation, users must now verify their age to access platforms that may contain adult content, including services like Discord and Reddit.
A 17-year-old boy from Spain is being investigated by police on suspicion of using AI to create fake nude videos of his female schoolmates that he intended to sell online.
A man who was photographed naked in his yard by a Google Street View camera has been awarded $12,500 in compensation after a court ruled the images invaded his privacy.
The head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, has taken to the platform to address rumors that writing "link in bio" negatively affects reach.
Scientists at MIT have developed a new AI system that can teach itself how to control different types of robots using just one camera.
Fake, AI-generated photos can range from mostly harmless to disruptive to outright dangerous. It is not an overreaction to say that fake photos have real-world consequences that can even be deadly. Digital forensics expert Professor Hany Farid recently explains how to spot fake AI photos in what he describes as the fight for truth.
Meta is adding safety features and protections to Instagram accounts that primarily share photos and videos of children.
