DP Review Friday August 16, 2024
With its newest Pixel smartphones — the Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL, and the Pixel 9 Pro Fold — Google is once again pushing the limits of computational photography notes DP Review. The recently announced smartphones include new features made possible by AI technology, not only for photo and video but for things like Google's integrated Gemini AI technology. The Pixel 9 Pros include a triple rear camera system. The main (wide) camera is built around a 50 MP Type 1/1.31 (9.8 x 7.35mm) sensor with a 25mm equivalent F1.68 lens. There's also this new feature.
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David Schonauer Friday August 16, 2024
For many months, concerned media analysts and others have warned of the potential dangers that generative AI presents to society. This week provided two different examples of how AI-related "truth
decay" can work in different ways. We spotlighted the story of Sabrina Javellana, a rising political star in Florida whose life was derailed by nude deepfake images created by perfidious players and
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Julia Trotti Thursday August 15, 2024
“Many of us become photographers a little bit by accident. You get a camera, you get obsessed, and the next thing you know, people are asking you to take photos for them. Then you get the bright idea that you could be turning this into at least a side hustle.” So notes DIY Photography, which recently spotlighted a new video from YouTuber Julia Trotti, who has ideas about how to make money from portrait photography, from headshot work to senior photography and newborn photography.
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AXIOS Thursday August 15, 2024
Getty Images was able to get photos from this summer’s Paris Olympics to customers within as little as 26 seconds from when they were taken, notes Axios, which explains how it was done. The company established an array of private 5G networks, allowing it to augment the wired ethernet connections it has used for years. Paris also marked the first Olympics where Getty used Starlink satellite modems as a backup network option. Almost none of the editing was being done in Paris—the first time Getty has gone fully remote with its Olympics editing.
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