Artificial Intelligence
A first look at the new 15 stop Irix Edge ND32000 filter and square filter holder
Mar 17, 2018
John Aldred
Since the initial announcement of Irix’s new Edge filter series at PPE last year, the range has grown slowly but steadily. A new 15 stop…
Google opens up AI tech behind “Portrait Mode” to developers as open source
Mar 14, 2018
John Aldred
Portrait Mode has been simultaneously one of the biggest jokes and coolest advancements in smartphone camera technology. Google’s version of it can be found in…
A beginner’s guide to polarisers and neutral density filters
Mar 8, 2018
John Aldred
Some might have you believe that neutral density and polarising filters aren’t required in today’s modern era of digital photography. That you can replicate their…
This gadget uses electric shocks to make you take better photos
Feb 12, 2018
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
We’ve seen photographers training AI to take memorable photos. Prosthetic Photographer is a project which goes the other way around: it uses AI to train…
This Google panorama stitching fail is horrible and brilliant at the same time
Jan 24, 2018
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Although AI is getting better and better, it still fails from time to time. And sometimes, these fails are simply glorious! Redditor MalletsDarker has shared…
Take a selfie, Google will find your look-alike in a work of art
Jan 15, 2018
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Google’s Art & Culture app has an amusing new feature. If you take a selfie within the app, it finds your look-alike in a work…
There, I fixed it: Google removes the gorilla label from its ‘racist’ algorithm
Jan 12, 2018
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Although artificial intelligence can be impressive, sometimes we get to witness that it’s not always the case. You may remember that time when the Google…
The rise of the machines: Google’s AI will decide if your photos are aesthetically pleasing
Dec 26, 2017
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
In a recent blog post, Google has introduced their new AI that can judge your photos based on both technical and aesthetic quality. According to…
British police uses AI to detect porn, but it mistakes photos of desert for nudes
Dec 19, 2017
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Artificial intelligence is developing fast and has many possible applications. However, it makes mistakes, and this has proven to be a problem for London’s Metropolitan Police….
Neural network creates photo-realistic images of people who aren’t real
Nov 8, 2017
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
We’ve seen several uses of AI aimed at improving photos. Whether it’s improving their resolution, or turning selfies into decent portraits, they usually work on…