Google is adding new digital watermarks to photos that have been edited using the company's Magic Editor. This generative AI feature debuted with the Google Pixel 8 series and is included in Google's other recent Pixel smartphones. [Read More]
petapixel.com
In a concerning development, people have been using a new AI model released by Google to remove watermarks from photos.
[Read More]
Midjourney v5. 1 is out, and it's becoming increasingly more complex for the untrained eye to distinguish between an AI-generated image and an actual photograph. Let's move aside the fact that a whole bunch of wannabes thinks they're going to become the next famous hyperrealistic artist overnight.
A team of researchers has put together a new initiative with an available open-source code to help better detect deepfakes that have been edited to remove watermarks with the goal of avoiding the spread of misinformation.
Inevitably a time will come around when a budding photographer decides to start “taking this seriously,” “discouraging image theft,” and (my personal favorite), “gaining exposure.