THE VERGE Monday December 15, 2025
The tides are turning in the AI race, and the pressure is getting to OpenAI, notes The Verge: Chief executive Sam Altman reportedly declared a “code red” recently, urging staff to improve its flagship product ChatGPT, an indicator that the startup’s once-unassailable lead is eroding as competitors like Google and Anthropic close in. In related news, Adweek reports that Google has told advertising clients in recent days that it plans to bring ads to its AI chatbot Gemini, according to agency buyers familiar with the conversations. Read the full Story >>
GOST Monday December 15, 2025
Photographer Laura Pannack has been named the winner of the inaugural Tom Stoddart Award for Excellence for her project “The Journey Home from School,” which combines analog photography, poetry, drawing, painting and collage to represent the perilous journey of children to and from school in the Cape Flats, South Africa. The award, which honors the legacy of the late photographer Tom Stoddart, bring Pannack £5,000 ($6,648) and the opportunity to collaborate with GOST Books a book. Read the full Story >>
TechCrunch Monday December 15, 2025
Adobe is doubling down on its strategy of using AI to bring more users into its product ecosystem, notes TechCrunch. The company has announced it is adding features from Photoshop, Express and Acrobat to ChatGPT, letting users ask the chatbot to use these apps to edit images, modify PDFs, or animate elements. users can now tell ChatGPT to use Photoshop to edit specific parts of images; remove or blur the background; adjust exposure, brightness, and contrast; or apply various effects. The chatbot will also give you an option to modify the intensity of effects using sliders. Read the full Story >>
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Wonderful Machine Monday December 15, 2025
In commercial and editorial photography, personal projects allow for vital creative exploration. For photographer Luke Copping, a small Halloween-themed promotion became a profound, month-long
endeavor called "Shrouds." This non-commercial series merged atmospheric imagery with an unfolding digital mythology, transforming everyday Western New York landscapes into stages for mysterious,
sheet-draped figures and challenging viewers to confront the unseen in familiar places. "Many photographers picture the … Read the full Story >>
