The Daily PetaPixel for 10/26/2023

The top news from the world of photography. [View this email in your browser]( [PetaPixel Homepage]( Presented by Skylum [Get an Erase tool powered by Generative AI]( Use GenErase in Luminar Neo to effortlessly eliminate image imperfections, replacing them with seamlessly integrated matching textures. Get 30% off with code GenErase30 at checkout. [Get the Offer]( [Google’s New Image Verification Tool Can Help Spot AI Fakes]( By David Crewe on Oct 25, 2023 04:35 pm Google's "About This Image" tool, announced last May during Google I/O, combs an image's metadata to find context and identify if it's an AI fake or not. The tool is now rolling out as part of Google's updated search tools. [[Read More]( [Amazon’s New AI Image Tool Puts Fake Backgrounds Behind Real Products]( By Jeremy Gray on Oct 25, 2023 04:10 pm [Amazon Ads generative AI]( Amazon has released a new beta feature that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to generate virtual backgrounds for product advertisements, putting virtual backgrounds behind real items. [[Read More]( [Apple Will Honor California’s ‘Right To Repair’ Law Nationwide]( By David Crewe on Oct 25, 2023 03:41 pm After California signed its "Right to Repair" bill into law, tech giant Apple today has come out in full support of a nationwide federal law and is ready to share tools, parts, and documentation with consumers and repair shops. [[Read More]( [TIME Selects Canon and Sony Cameras as ‘Best Inventions of 2023’]( By Jeremy Gray on Oct 25, 2023 03:25 pm [TIME Magazine best inventions of 2023]( TIME has announced the 200 best inventions of 2023 and three cameras have made the cut in the consumer electronics segment. [[Read More]( [Giggster Has Acquired Photo Website ePHOTOzine]( By Jeremy Gray on Oct 25, 2023 02:42 pm [Giggster acquires ePHOTOzine]( Photography website ePHOTOzine has been purchased by Giggster, an online studio space rental company. [[Read More]( [Scientists Create Highest-Res Single-Photon Camera With 400,000 Pixels]( By Jeremy Gray on Oct 25, 2023 02:00 pm [NIST superconducting camera]( New details have emerged about the world's highest-resolution single-photon super conducting camera. The camera has been developed by research team at the United States Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). [[Read More]( [Robot Camera Mudskipper Attempts to Court With Female Mudskipper]( By Matt Growcoot on Oct 25, 2023 01:33 pm [mudskipper]( A spy camera disguised as a mudskipper attempted to seduce a female mudskipper in a courtship battle. [[Read More]( [DJI Osmo Pocket 3 Has Bigger Sensor and More Video Features]( By Jeremy Gray on Oct 25, 2023 12:47 pm [DJI Osmo Pocket 3]( DJI has announced the Osmo Pocket 3, a new pocket-sized gimbal camera driven by a Type 1-inch CMOS image sensor. [[Read More]( [Picture That Won ‘World’s Largest Photo Competition’ Was Staged]( By Matt Growcoot on Oct 25, 2023 12:12 pm [Behind the scenes of the award-winning photo.]( A photographer who won the “world’s largest photo competition” and took home the grand prize worth over $25,000 won it with a staged picture, PetaPixel has exclusively learned. [[Read More]( [What’s Really Going on with the Fuji GFX 100 II? | The PetaPixel Podcast]( By Jeremy Gray on Oct 25, 2023 11:50 am This week on The PetaPixel Podcast, the team is joined by camera expert Jim Kasson who explains what he found in testing the new medium format Fujifilm GFX100 II and why it matters. [[Read More]( [Victorian Photo of ‘Jack the Ripper’ With Chilling Inscription to be Sold]( By Matt Growcoot on Oct 25, 2023 11:35 am [Jack the Ripper, allegedly.]( An unidentified photograph purporting to show Jack the Ripper is set to be auctioned off in a Halloween-themed sale. [[Read More]( [Internet Watchdog Warn of ‘Nightmare’ Rise of AI Child Sex Abuse Images]( By Pesala Bandara on Oct 25, 2023 11:26 am [AI image]( An internet watchdog agency warned that the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) generated child sex abuse images online could get even worse -- if controls aren't put on the technology that generates deepfake photos. [[Read More]( [Meta’s AI System Can Replicate Images in Your Brain in Milliseconds]( By Pesala Bandara on Oct 25, 2023 10:42 am [meta ai mind reading system images milliseconds]( Meta has developed an artificially intelligent (AI) system that can scan a human brain and quickly replicate the images that a person is thinking about -- in a matter of milliseconds. [[Read More]( [Photographer Employed by Skydiving Company Dies on ‘Routine Jump’]( By Matt Growcoot on Oct 25, 2023 10:24 am [Mount Cook]( A photographer employed as a camera "flyer" at a skydiving company died after being critically injured in an accident. [[Read More]( [Photographer and LEGO Sculptor Confront Fragility of Life]( By Jeremy Gray on Oct 25, 2023 10:20 am Commercial photographer Andrei Duman is back with another spectacular personal project. This time, Duman collaborated with acclaimed LEGO® artist Nathan Sawaya for the Organogenesis: Building Blocks of Life project. [[Read More]( [Prototype Camera Made for the Moon is Being Tested on Earth]( By Matt Growcoot on Oct 25, 2023 09:08 am [Testing the Moon camera]( The first crewed mission to the Moon for over 50 years is planned for December 2025 and astronauts have been putting a brand new camera designed for the space expedition through its paces here on Earth. [[Read More]( Earlier Stories: [Reveni Labs’ New Camera Tester Aims to Preserve Analog Photography]( [Chronophoto Game Tests Your Photography and History Knowledge]( [Daylyy Photo-Sharing App Hopes to Become the ‘Anti-Instagram’]( [Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Uses AI to Add New Photo and Video Capabilities]( [Website]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( Copyright © 2023 PetaPixel, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. PetaPixel · 2944 N 44th St Ste 100 · Phoenix, AZ 85018-7258 · USA You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](.