Well, you can add “captioning photos” to the list of jobs robots will soon be able to do just as well as humans. After some training, the latest version of Google’s “Show and Tell” algorithm can describe the contents of a photo with staggering 94% accuracy. Show and Tell is in the news today because […]
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A new research study has found that online images diplayed on search engines and social media may be reinforcing gender stereotypes. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-02-14 22:11
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] petapixel.com »
2023-10-25 23:35
Google has shared an article on its AI Blog that dives into the intricacies of the HDR capabilities of its most recent Pixel devices. In it, Google explains how its HDR+ with Bracketing technology works to capture the best image quality possible through clever capture and computational editing techniques. dpreview.com »
2021-04-26 17:53
In collaboration with Shutterstock, Google has announced the launch of licensable images on Google Images. This feature entered beta testing earlier this year and is now fully launched and integrated into Google Images, hopefully benefiting photographers. dpreview.com »
2020-09-01 00:52
In big tech’s continuing battle against the scourge of so-called “fake news” and manipulated imagery used to trick people online, Google has just added a major update to Google Image search: fact checking. petapixel.com »
2020-06-22 21:19
Bye bye 'View Image' button. . . On Monday, we told you about licensing deal between Getty Images and Google that would result in the end of the "View Image" button on Google Image Search. dpreview.com »
2018-02-16 19:15
Image: Florian Kainz/Google On a full moon night last year, Google software engineer Florian Kainz took a photo of the Golden Gate bridge and the City of San Francisco in the background with professional camera equipment: a Canon EOS-1D X and a Zeiss Otus 28mm F1. dpreview.com »
2017-04-26 21:19
Anyone who manages a large image library knows how important keywording and captioning are for categorizing and keeping things searchable. They also know how time-consuming these tasks can be. dpreview.com »
2016-09-26 21:20
A research team at Google has developed a way to use neural networks to compress image files in a more efficient way than current methods, such as the JPEG standard. The team built an artificial intelligence system using Google's open source TensorFlow machine learning system, and then used 6 million random reference photos from the internet that had been compressed using conventional methods to train it. dpreview.com »
2016-08-24 21:33
Software company Glass Imaging develops incredible technology that dramatically improves image quality, especially when dealing with small image sensors and lenses like those featured in smartphones.
Nikon applied for a revised patent in Japan for a hybrid image sensor design the company has worked on since at least 2016.
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At PetaPixel, we've been covering generative AI advancements pretty heavily over the last two years for two major reasons. One, the technology is becoming inextricably linked to the software we use to edit photos, and two, it simultaneously represents an existential threat to the art of photography. [Read More]
Not the first brand you think of when it comes to innovation in photography, Samyang has recently announced the first-ever optical exchange autofocus lens. The Remaster Slim lens they've launched is unique in the way it's designed, and it allows you to swap out the central optical elements as desired.
Scientific and technological ideas can sound outlandish until they suddenly aren't. Many things people take for granted today were once considered impossible. However, nearly a decade after being revealed, the $100 million Breakthrough Starshot interstellar space project still seems more like a pipe dream than anything else. [Read More]
About a week ago, I caved in and decided to spring for one of those huge, high-power USB-C power delivery hubs that have sprung up in the past couple of years. [Read More]
Stock photo and video agency Shutterstock has announced a new multi-year partnership with Reka, an AI company. Like its relationships with Meta, Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, and OpenAI, Shutterstock is licensing its data for Reka to train AI models. [Read More]