YouTube Tells Creators: ‘Label AI-Generated Content’

YouTube announced today that it will require content creators to label AI-generated content that people could mistake for being real. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-3-19 21:12

A Playboy Photographer on Making Art; Not Content

"I feel the work I do definitely is categorized as art," says photographer Carianne Older to the Phoblographer in an interview. "I am taking timeless photos for people that will live forever. A lot of people out there are just taking iPhone photos or videos for the sake of content. thephoblographer.com »

2024-3-18 07:00

Getty’s Open Content Program Has 88,000 Images You Can Use for Free

The J. Paul Getty Museum added around 88,000 images of artworks from its collection to its Open Content database.

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2024-3-8 00:39

Why Leica’s SL3 Doesn’t Support Content Authenticity

Today, Leica announced the SL3 camera, which features a big 60-megapixel sensor and better autofocus packed inside a more compact body. But after the M11-P's announcement last year, there is one odd feature not included: content authenticity. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-3-8 23:39

BBC Embraces Content Credentials to Verify Images

The BBC has embraced the Content Credentials system and will begin slapping X's Community Notes-style explainers beneath imagery to show their authenticity. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-3-6 21:01

Shure’s New MoveMic is a Compact Wireless Lav for Content Creators

Shure announced the MoveMic, a compact lavalier microphone that it claims is the smallest and best-sounding dual-channel, direct-to-phone wireless mic system on the market. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-3-5 01:37

Instagram and Threads Won’t Automatically Suggest Political Content Anymore

In what could be one of the most impactful changes to the algorithm, Instagram and Meta's answer to X, Threads, will no longer suggest political content to users who don't opt in. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-2-10 22:22

AI Images Generated on DALL-E Now Contain the Content Authenticity Tag

AI images generated on OpenAI's DALL-E 3 will now have a watermark added to them from the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA). [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-2-9 16:27

DIY Ceiling-Mounted Motorized Slider is Perfect for Content Creation

Erik de Poorter from Concept Crafted Creations on YouTube created a brilliant, motorized ceiling-mounted camera system that may be perfect for content creators. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-2-6 22:11

Sony’s XR HMD Mixed-Reality Headset is Built for Spatial Content Creation

CES is in full swing, with announcements popping out right and left. A regular participant at CES, Sony has announced a mixed-reality headset explicitly built for spatial content creators. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-1-10 21:51

OpenAI Claims it is Impossible to Train AI Without Using Copyrighted Content

OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT and DALL-E, is fighting a major legal battle against New York Times for what The Times alleges was "unlawful use" of its content during OpenAI's extensive AI training process. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-1-10 20:12

Meta to Hide Unsafe Content from Teens

Meta announced Tuesday it will hide certain types of content from teen users on Facebook and Instagram, including content related to suicide and eating disorders. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-1-10 19:57

Dell Reveals Big 40-inch Ultrawide 5K Monitor for Content Creators

Ahead of CES 2024, which kicks off in Las Vegas next week, Dell announced the UltraSharp 40 Curved Thunderbolt Hub Monitor (U4025QW), the world's first 40-inch 5K monitor certified for five-star eye comfort, per Dell analysis. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-1-5 20:15

Cameras, Content Authenticity, and the Evolving Fight Against AI Images

Nikon, Sony, and Canon will all reportedly bring out support for the Content Authenticity Initiative's (CAI) C2PA digital signature system in 2024 as the CAI pivots its messaging as a way to combat AI. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-1-3 22:32

Panasonic Reorganizes Due to Growth of Video Content Creation Market

Panasonic Connect Co. , Ltd. and Panasonic Entertainment & Communication Co. , Ltd. (PEAC) announced that they are reorganizing by consolidating the Professional AV business and Panasonic Visual Co. petapixel.com »

2023-12-23 22:55

MiracleArm’s Articulation Could Be a Boon for Content Creators

A Kickstarter for the new MiracleArm tool might just be one of the handiest tools for photographers and content creators.

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2023-12-20 02:04

AI Startup Runway Partners with Getty Images to Generate ‘Safe’ Content

Artificial intelligence (AI) startup Runway has partnered with stock agency Getty Images to launch a new generative video model for enterprise customers. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-12-5 21:16

Chris Gampat Shares How Photography is Art, Not Content

Chris Gampat, founder, publisher, editor-in-chief and legally blind photographer is interviewed by Something New Every Week and it’s worth the listen. thephoblographer.com »

2023-12-1 08:00

‘Authentic’ is Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year Thanks to Fake AI Content

The photo community has spent much of 2023 fretting over the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and the fake images it's brought with it, so perhaps it's no surprise that Merriam-Webster's 2023 word of the year is "Authentic." [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-11-29 16:24

What Does Content Authenticity in Photos Actually Mean? | The PetaPixel Podcast

This week on The PetaPixel Podcast, Chris Niccolls, Jordan Drake, and Jaron Schneider unwrap the mysteries surrounding the application of content authenticity and how it works with cameras, photos, and online media. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-11-9 21:11

Meta Will Require Political Advertisers to Disclose AI-Generated Content

With next year's presidential elections taking place in an unprecedented age: the age of artificial intelligence -- Facebook and Instagram have announced a new requirement that political ads generated by AI will need to be disclosed. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-11-9 21:10

Leica’s new M11-P is the first camera that has anti-AI cryptography. And Sony will soon join too!

Last week Leica announced the new M11-P (specs and price here). What’s important to notice here is that this is the very first camera that has a built-in chip for Content Credentials.   It follows the rules of the Content Authenticity Initiative (here is the website). sonyalpharumors.com »

2023-11-1 19:55

President Biden Issues First Ever Executive Order on AI Content

President Joe Biden has issued an executive order today outlining the federal government's first regulations on artificial intelligence (AI) systems. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-10-31 16:27

Leica M11-P Is World’s First Camera to Embrace Content Credentials

Leica has announced the Leica M11-P, the world's first camera to create a seamless chain of authenticity from capture to publication. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-10-26 15:59

Snapchat Adds Content Embeds and Uses AI To Expand Backgrounds

The social media landscape is one of constant catch-up and copying. Like Instagram and TikTok have long offered to users, people can now embed content from Snapchat on external websites. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-10-18 22:53

Adobe Creates New Symbol That Flags Content as AI-Generated

Adobe and a host of other companies have unveiled a new symbol that can be tagged onto content that establishes an image's provenance. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-10-12 21:06

Sony’s Three New Wireless Mics Empower Flexible Content Creation

Sony has expanded its microphone offerings with three new wireless microphones that promise exceptional sound quality and lightweight, portable designs. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-9-28 16:59

Canon brings us an EOS R8 Content Creator Kit

Canon continues to release content creator kits for certain cameras, so there must be some value in these bundles. The Canon EOS R8 Content Creator Kit will hit stores on July 12, 2023. When you buy this kit, you save about $200 over buying the items separately. canonrumors.com »

2023-6-23 10:48

Instagram Further Explains How It Recommends the Content You See

Instagram has revealed how it recommends content to users in order to dispel “misconceptions” about how the app’s algorithm. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-6-2 17:15

TikTok Tracked Users Who Watched Gay Content and Put Them on List

TikTok reportedly tracked users who watched gay content on the platform and put them on a secret list.

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2023-5-9 19:41

Imgur is Banning Explicit Content and Wiping Images Not Linked to Users

Popular photo and GIF hosting website Imgur has announced that it will change its Terms of Service, to bring it closer to its Community Rules and will ban sexually explicit content and delete anonymously uploaded images. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-4-21 20:08

Good news: Dpreview assures that the content will remain available as an archive

At least some good news from Dpreview: Dear readers, We’ve received a lot of questions about what’s next for the site. We hear your concerns about losing the content that has been carefully curated over the years, and want to assure you that the content will remain available as an archive. We’ve also heard that… sonyalpharumors.com »

2023-4-9 02:10

To Save its Content, Archive Team is Attempting to Back Up All of DPReview

Following yesterday's news that DPReview is shutting down, photographers around the web began wondering what would happen to its huge library of articles, reviews, and camera test images, including the website's excellent studio shot comparison tool. petapixel.com »

2023-3-23 19:43

Instagram to Remove Shopping Tab, Focusing Again on Content Creation

Instagram is poised to remove the shopping tab from Instagram's navigation pane in a shift back towards content creation.

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2023-1-10 23:26

Cooler Master Leans into Content Creation with New Light, Mic, and More

Cooler Master is making a strong push out of its wheelhouse of computing components and gaming peripherals into enthusiast niches, streaming, and content creation with a line of new lights, mics, keyboards, and headphones. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-1-4 18:50

TikTok Can Now Detect ‘Borderline’ Content to Help Keep Young Eyes Safe

TikTok says that it is working on multiple ways to better enforce its policies regarding nudity, sensual content, and other content not suitable for all audiences, specifically for "borderline" content that has been more challenging to identify. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-1-4 20:19

Meta’s New Open-Source Content Mod Scans for Terrorism and Photo-Based Abuse

Meta has announced a new open-source content moderation tool that allows platforms to identify and remove a range of "violating content" at scale, including terrorism, child exploitation, and other types of abuse. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-12-14 21:22

Meta Threatens to Remove News Content from Facebook in the US

Meta has threatened to remove news from Facebook in the U.S. if Congress passes a new media bill that would help local news publications -- with photographers being affected in a potential fallout. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-12-7 19:56

Meteor Video Flagged as ‘Intimate Content’ Locks Photographer Out of Twitter

Astronomer and astrophotographer Mary McIntyre was locked out of her Twitter account for three months after a video of a meteor she published to the platform was flagged as "intimate content." [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-11-17 20:29

Leica and Nikon Adding Content Authenticity Tech into Their Cameras

Adobe has announced a partnership between the Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI) and both Leica and Nikon which will allow the two camera companies to implement image provenance technology into two cameras: the M11 and the Z9. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-10-18 18:05

Instagram Explains How its Algorithm Suggests New Content

After Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced plans to more than double the amount of "recommended" content that appears in feeds by the end of 2023, Instagram has revealed how its algorithm suggests new content to users. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-8-16 22:09

What Do Photographers Want in Cameras? It’s Really Not Difficult

Content creators are wonderful at what they do. But at the same time, so too are photographers. If you're a photographer and identify as one, you'll know that we have much different needs from content creators. thephoblographer.com »

2022-7-21 01:00

We're hiring! DPReview is looking for a Reviews Editor

DPReview is hiring! We're looking for a Reviews Editor to join our Seattle-based team. You will create content for the largest audience of photography and video enthusiasts in the world, and help lead our efforts to create best-in-class reviews of cameras and other photography-oriented products. dpreview.com »

2022-6-16 17:00

Acer’s New Portable Monitors Can Display 2D Content in Stereoscopic 3D

Portable USB-powered displays aren't new but can be very helpful for editors on the move to get access to more screen real estate. Acer’s new model turns things up a notch though and can take a 2D image and make it appear as if it were 3D. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-5-20 21:50

You Can Now Publish Content Directly Out of Creative Cloud Express

Adobe has launched the Content Scheduler as part of its Creative Cloud Express platform, a move it says is in response to requests for a unified way to allow creatives to plan, create, and publish content across social media. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-5-11 21:06

Instagram Tweaks its Algorithm to Value Original Content More

In good news for photographers who post their own images, Instagram are planning to tweak its algorithm to "value original content more." [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-4-21 17:23

Facebook is Opening Up Reels to Content from Third-Party Apps

Facebook wants to make it easier for anyone to share short-form videos, or Reels, from other apps through a dedicated new button that will send content directly to their Facebook accounts. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-4-7 19:22

Sony Has Joined the Standards Body Dedicated to Content Authenticity

Sony has joined the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) as its latest steering committee member. The C2PA is an open, technical standards body addressing the prevalence of misleading information online. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-3-18 22:13

Stop Calling it Porn: Flickr Embraces Artistic NSFW Content

Flickr is taking a stand on artistic nudity. The company says that as the world's largest independent photographer-focused community, it is encouraging the publication of any kind of photography without the fear of bans or account deletion. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-3-18 17:24

We're hiring! DPReview has open positions on both our Editorial and Business teams

Do you want to shape and create content for the largest audience of photography and video enthusiasts in the world? DPReview has several open roles across our Editorial and Business teams, some of which are location independent. dpreview.com »

2022-3-16 23:01