Technology

Nikon has developed a new camera system aimed at farmers -- an AI-powered device that predicts when cows will give birth.

Scientists have filmed neighboring plants "chatting" and receiving warning messages from each other in groundbreaking footage.

More than four billion people around the world are eligible to vote in elections in 2024, but some fear that artificial intelligence will interfere with democracy.

A pioneering AI image creator has given an interview where she calls the technology "very frustrating and very limiting."

A court in Beijing, China has awarded an AI image copyright status after the person who made the picture sued a blogger for using it without permission.

Ted, a prequel series to the famous 2012 comedy movie of the same name, hit Peacock this week and marks the first time an animated lead character was filmed alongside human actors in real-time for a TV series.

According to a new report, Google and other popular search engines are consistently putting nonconsensual AI-generated deepfake porn at the top of some search results.

Since his death in 2008, comedian George Carlin has not released a great deal. That was until Tuesday when a YouTuber made -- without the permission of his family -- an hour-long "special" featuring the revered comic.

It's typical to see wild, unusual tech coming out of CES and indeed, this announcement fits into that category. Announced in Vegas this week, the MouthPad is a device that allows users to operate their phones and other devices with nothing but their tongues.

Barely two months after the mysterious Humane company launched its AI pin that takes photos, the company is already laying off staff.

Getty Images has launched "Generative AI by iStock": an AI image generator that allows customers to create their own artificial intelligence stock photos.

A team of engineers froze a camera underneath the ice in an ice hockey rink to film the sport from a once-impossible angle.

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.

While there is, naturally, a lot of overlap between Google and Android, there have always been some compatibility issues for those who use non-Google devices. But Google announced it is working to bridge those gaps, making Android devices work together better regardless of the brand.

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.

CES is in full swing, with announcements popping out right and left. A regular participant at CES, Sony has announced a mixed-reality headset explicitly built for spatial content creators.

Apple released its first video ad promoting the company's Vision Pro. Aptly titled "Get Ready," the short ad follows on the heels of yesterday's official launch announcement for the headset.

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.

Technology companies are busy showing off their latest and greatest products at CES this week and, as always, some of these new products look perfect for photographers and videographers. While Hyper's HyperDrive Next Thunderbolt 5 Dock may offer speeds current computers don't support, it is nonetheless an exciting debut.

Nikon will work with Agence France-Presse (AFP) to verify a new "digital watermark" image provenance function that will act as an additional layer to the C2PA digital signature system from the Content Authenticity Initiative.

MainGear partnered with MSI to produce a high-performance pre-built desktop PC that features a redesigned and patented Rear Connection (MG-RC) technology that promises to mark a "paradigm shift" in PC design and performance.

After part of the plane on an Alaska Airlines flight came off shortly after takeoff, some passengers lost their belongings before an emergency landing was made. However, at least one passenger's phone was not only found after falling 16,000 feet, it even survived the drop.

Panasonic announced that it developed a new image recognition AI that has a new "classification algorithm" that is more accurate than conventional methods.

Apple's hotly anticipated Vision Pro headset will arrive in stores on February 2. The Cupertino giant has also announced that preorders will commence on January 19 at 5 AM PST.

A company that makes spatial video devices has given a face to ChatGPT so the user can feel more like they're speaking with a person.

Apple's Vision Pro isn't even available yet (in fact, no one has even seen a single Apple employee wearing one) but Qualcomm is already prepared to power a competitor with the announcement of the XR2+ Gen 2 chipset.

Ahead of CES 2024, which kicks off in Las Vegas next week, Dell announced the UltraSharp 40 Curved Thunderbolt Hub Monitor (U4025QW), the world's first 40-inch 5K monitor certified for five-star eye comfort, per Dell analysis.

Nikon, Sony, and Canon will all reportedly bring out support for the Content Authenticity Initiative's (CAI) C2PA digital signature system in 2024 as the CAI pivots its messaging as a way to combat AI.

Online skeptics have accused Vladimir Putin's New Year speech of being computer-generated pointing to irregularities around his neck.

Rite Aid has been banned from using facial recognition technology for five years -- after its "reckless" use harmed and harassed customers.

Researchers at Stanford University have developed an AI that can geolocate a photo in a matter of seconds.

Online retailers are AI-generating pictures of products that don't yet exist and selling them. When the products arrive, perhaps unsurprisingly, they don't look like the advertisement.

Etsy has been selling AI-generated deepfake images of at least 55 high-profile celebrities including Jenna Ortega and Olivia Munn -- with some photos on sale for as little as $0.92.

My first digital ILC (interchangeable lens camera) was the Nikon D40, which I purchased during my senior year of high school in late 2007. That camera was followed by the Canon T2i (550D), which I bought in 2010, primarily because of Canon’s significantly more advanced video features; I have always been an active filmmaker as well as a photographer. Like most people, my first two lenses for each of these cameras were the kit 18-55mm zoom and a cheap nifty-fifty prime lens, so the cost of switching systems wasn’t exactly high.

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.

Samsung unveiled two new Isocell Vizion image sensors for robotics and extended reality (XR) applications.

TikTok users are expanding their photos with artificial intelligence (AI) in a new trend.

NASA has streamed a high definiton video of a cat from deep space to Earth -- a distance of almost 20 million miles away -- using laser technology.

New artificially intelligent (AI) technology can now diagnose childhood autism from photos of children's eyes with 100% accuracy.

A new camera design takes inspiration from an unusual, short-lived analog camera type in the 1980s to create a thoroughly modern image-making device. The camera concept, which looks remarkably real and was made by industrial designer Olga Orel, delivers a digital re-imagining of vintage quadrascopic cameras.

Google has "launched" a second version of its AI image generator model but only to Google Cloud customers who use Vertex AI.

Low-light photography and videography has improved considerably over the last decade, but Visionary.ai says its collaboration with Qualcomm could deliver a generational leap in quality.

A new television station will feature artificial intelligence (AI) generated news anchors for the first time in the U.S. next year.

A new app called Click will verify photos, adding provenance by harnessing the Content Authenticity Initiative.