The Daily PetaPixel for 04/06/2023

The top news from the world of photography. [View this email in your browser]( [PetaPixel Homepage]( [Ricoh is Making the GR III Diary Edition Available as a Standalone Camera]( By Jaron Schneider on Apr 05, 2023 05:59 pm [Ricoh GR III Diary Edition]( The Ricoh GR III Diary Edition which was previously only available as part of a limited kit is now being offered as a standalone camera. [[Read More]( [Midjourney Flips the Formula with New Image-to-Text Generator]( By Jeremy Gray on Apr 05, 2023 04:57 pm [Midjourney Describe feature]( Midjourney has announced a new "/describe" command that allows users to leverage the powerful artificial intelligence (AI) platform to transform images into words, upending Midjourney's typical procedure of converting text to images. [[Read More]( [Meta’s New AI Can ‘Cut Out’ Objects in Photos and Video Instantly]( By Jaron Schneider on Apr 05, 2023 04:52 pm [Meta SAM]( Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has demonstrated a new artificial intelligence-powered (AI) model that can "cut out" any object in any image or video with a single click. Surprisingly, the company has also made it open source. [[Read More]( [France Proposes Jail for Influencers Who Don’t Disclose Photoshop]( By Jeremy Gray on Apr 05, 2023 04:00 pm [France influencer bill]( There's no shortage of studies focused on understanding the effects of social media use on people, especially adolescents. Apps like Instagram may perpetuate damaging myths about physical appearance and lead people to suffer debilitating mental health conditions, low self-esteem, and even seek cosmetic surgery at higher than expected rates. [[Read More]( [A.I. Imagery Is Not Photography, It Never Will Be]( By Shane Balkowitsch on Apr 05, 2023 03:15 pm We've all seen the images surfacing online of portraits with seven fingers on one hand and two left feet. Recently, the internet has been inundated by imagery coming from prompted artificial intelligence programs such as Midjourney, Jasper, and DALL-E. The world has been captivated by the potential these new neural networks bring to the creative space. [[Read More]( [What Canon, Nikon, and Sony Need to Learn From Apple and Google Before It’s Too Late]( By Will J Murphy on Apr 05, 2023 02:09 pm Innovation from Canon got me into photography, but sadly Canon and its competitors lost their way. [[Read More]( [Flickr Fights Back Against ‘Copyleft’ Trolls with Updated Guidelines]( By Jeremy Gray on Apr 05, 2023 01:48 pm [Copyright troll]( Flickr has updated its community guidelines to combat "copyleft trolling." As described by Cory Doctorow on Pluralistic, this is excellent news for people that use Creative Commons (CC) images from Flickr, even if they make accidental attribution errors. [[Read More]( [Best Buy Launches a Mail-In Electronics Recycling Service]( By Jaron Schneider on Apr 05, 2023 01:30 pm [Best Buy Mail In recycling]( Best Buy has launched a new service that makes it easier for anyone to recycle their old electronics. The new Recycle-by-Mail service accepts a wide range of electronics from laptops and cords to tablets and, presumably, old or broken digital cameras. [[Read More]( [Nikon is Investing in Smart Telescope Company Unistellar]( By Jaron Schneider on Apr 05, 2023 01:00 pm [Unistellar]( Nikon has announced that it has invested a financial stake in Unistellar SAS, a France-based smart telescope company. Nikon says that it hopes the investment will promote "the creation of business synergies" for both companies. [[Read More]( [Camera Journalists and Educators Have Failed Gen Z]( By Jaron Schneider on Apr 05, 2023 12:39 pm [Failed Gen Z]( I, like so many others, have spent years of my life attempting to make it easier to be informed about cameras and imaging technology. But despite this, I and those like me have failed in our goal to educate Gen Z. [[Read More]( [Hyperlapse ‘Miniature’ Film Captures the Joy of the Long Beach Grand Prix]( By Jeremy Gray on Apr 05, 2023 12:25 pm [Chaz Curry Long Beach Grand Prix video]( After six years of filming with as many cameras, filmmaker Chaz Curry has released "Honey I Shrunk the Long Beach Grand Prix," a "tiny film" that captures the essence of the famous race. [[Read More]( [EyeEm Has Filed for Bankruptcy]( By Jaron Schneider on Apr 05, 2023 11:00 am [EyeEm Bankrupt]( German technology and stock photography company EyeEm has reportedly filed for bankruptcy and is insolvent. 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