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Sony Award winner refuses prize to make a point about AI-generated images
Apr 18, 2023
Alex Baker
A photographer that won a top prize in the Sony World Photography Awards (SWPA) has refused to receive the award for his AI-generated image titled…
Midjourney’s new Describe feature could be useful for photographers
Apr 5, 2023
Alex Baker
I don’t know many photographers these days who aren’t comfortable using post-processing software such as Photoshop or Lightroom. Many of these programmes are beginning to…
Midjourney stops free trial due to “trial abuse”
Mar 31, 2023
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Text-to-image generator Midjourney has stopped free trial due to “trial abuse,” as its CEO explains. There has been a massive influx of new users lately,…
Viral photo of pope Francis in puffy coat shows the dangers of realistic AI
Mar 28, 2023
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Perhaps you’ve seen a photo of Pope Francis wearing a puffy white coat circling around the Internet. It was the first thing I saw today…
Adobe launches Firefly AI – no unlicensed photos for training
Mar 21, 2023
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Adobe has launched Adobe Firefly, yet another text-to-image tool that lets you turn any set of words you can think of into a picture, video,…
AI headshot app challenges traditional headshot model
Mar 21, 2023
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
It’s getting difficult to distinguish AI images from photos, and it’s getting evident that AI could replace humans in some professions, headshot photography being among…
DIYP Quiz: AI or photo?
Mar 20, 2023
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Do you think you can tell with 100% certainty whether you’re looking at a photo or an AI-generated image? Whether we like it or not,…
No copyright protection for AI images, says US government
Mar 16, 2023
Alex Baker
All images that are created via text-to-image prompts are not protected under US copyright laws, the US Copyright Office (USCO) has stated. That means that…
Teri Campbell’s experiments show that AI might replace photos of food (and everything else)
Mar 15, 2023
Marianne Lee
The invention of photography in 1839 challenged the very idea of art, leaving some painters feeling threatened by a new technology that could capture a…
Wave weird hands bye bye and say hello to Midjourney Version 5
Mar 15, 2023
Alex Baker
Midjourney is releasing its 5th update very soon. The newest version of the popular AI image generator will see a range of new features. Not…