The Washington Post Wednesday May 29, 2024
Federal prosecutors have charged a Wisconsin man for allegedly using a popular artificial intelligence image generator to create thousands of explicit images of children, marking what is potentially the first federal charge of creating child sexual abuse material applied to images produced entirely through AI. The Justice Department said it has charged Steven Anderegg, 42, of Holmen, Wis., with using the AI image generator Stable Diffusion to create over 13,000 fake images of minors, notes The Washington Post.
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David Schonauer Wednesday May 29, 2024
Adobe has stirred a hornet's nest and set loose a swarm of ill will in the photo industry with social media ads touting its new AI features as a way for users to "skip the photoshoot." The users they
are speaking to, noted PetaPixel, are businesses, not the photographers who been buying the company's products for years. "So glad as a photographer I've given … Read the full Story >>
Tin House Studio Tuesday May 28, 2024
Want to avoid being sued? Tin House Studio YouTuber Scott Choucino has tips for photographers who want to safeguard their businesses from legal jeopardy. Your first move, he says, should be getting various types of insurance, including liability insurance to protect you from injury claims or property damage claims caused during a shoot. Also, make sure you and your clients are clear about what’s expected through estimates outlining your services, fees, cancellation policy, and other important details. DIY Photography has more.
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National Archives Museum Tuesday May 28, 2024
In today’s saturated visual landscape, the evocative power of a still photograph is easily lost in a constant stream of swipes and clicks, notes Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Lucien Perkins at The Washington Post. An exhibition at the National Archives,“Power and Light: Russell Lee’s Coal Survey,” starkly shows what’s been lost, Perkins adds. The exhibition features more than 200 photographs of coal miners and their families made by Lee, a key member of the Depression-era Farm Security Administration photographic project.
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