unicef Wednesday February 25, 2026
Deepfake images and videos and designed to look real are increasingly being used to produce sexualized content involving children, noted UNICEF in a call to action to counter the escalating threat released ahead of Safer Internet Day. At least 1.2 million children disclosed having had their images manipulated into sexually explicit deepfakes in the past year, according to findings from a survey conducted in 11 countries as part of a broader ongoing Disrupting Harm study supported by UNICEF.. Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Wednesday February 25, 2026
"Imagine a film that refuses to act its age, a tiny cellulose superhero, cape fluttering in the breeze of analog photography's renaissance. In a nutshell, that's Kodak's Ektachrome E100." So noted DIY
Photography, which recently reported (joyfully) that Kodak has taken over direct distribution of Ektachrome slide film, along with Kodacolor, Kodak Gold, Ultramax 400, Tri-X 400, and Ektar film
stocks. Previously, all Kodak-branded … Read the full Story >>
LiveScience Tuesday February 24, 2026
So-called "agentic AI,” where AI positions itself as an assistant in everyday life, is becoming increasingly popular. So LiveScience decided to see how AI worked as a photo assistant. “AI was used during pre-shoot planning, suggested camera settings when out and about, checked AI-driven weather forecasts for low-light landscape photography and was incorporated into our post-processing workflow for noise reduction and sharpening,” notes writer and photographer Jacob Little. Results were mixed: AI performed competently at some tasks, but, unsurprisingly, it lacked an artist’s emotional touch. Read the full Story >>
British Journal of Photography Tuesday February 24, 2026
Last year, New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art announced the gift of over 6,500 photographs from collector Artur Walther and the Walther Family Foundation. The work, from predominantly Africa and Asia, “reimagines the role of lens-based art at the New York institution,” notes the British Journal of Photography. “With this collection, we can tell more complete and diverse histories of photography than we have before,” says Jeff L Rosenheim, the Joyce Frank Menschel curator in charge of the department of photographs. Read the full Story >>
