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VAIsual And Smarterpix Sign world first Synthetic Media Distribution Agreement
As of today, everyone can download and use true to life 100% AI-generated images. Washington DC, USA. January 5, 2022. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. Synthetic content pioneer VAIsual and PantherMedia, Germany’s leading stock photo agency, are proud to announce an industry milestone: For the first time ever, 100% synthetically generated stock images are now available for […]
Dancing with the gods of deception
At a time when everyone is encouraged to tell their stories, those whose job has been to tell other people stories have been battered. Doubly assaulted by shrinking budgets and rising incredulity, its community has found no better response than repeatedly going after each other throats in the corridors of Twitter. From accusations of sexual […]

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AFP SELECTS IMATAG TO TRACK THE USES OF ITS PHOTOGRAPHS

The photos distributed by AFP are all marked invisibly by IMATAG and then searched continuously on its clients' websites and newspapers. Each detection of an AFP photo is first certified automatically and then consolidated into a report. The time previously spent on eliminating false positives can thus be reinvested for better productivity. on 20 May 2022

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Google reveals new image ranking signal, inclusive schema

Google will use the MST scale into image ranking and wants brands and publishers to start labeling images using inclusive schema. on 12 May 2022

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Google says its new image search features are like ‘Ctrl+F for the world around you

You’ll now be able to use Google Lens to take a picture of an object and search for local results on 12 May 2022

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Clearview AI To Be Banned From Selling Facial Recognition Tech To Most Firms

However, the controversial startup can continue selling the database access to US law enforcement agencies, according to the settlement agreement. on 10 May 2022

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New method detects deepfake videos with up to 99% accuracy

The UC Riverside method divides the task into two components within a deep neural network. The first branch discerns facial expressions and feeds information about the regions that contain the expression, such as the mouth, eyes, or forehead, into a second branch, known as an encoder-decoder. The encoder-decoder architecture is responsible for manipulation detection and localization. on 10 May 2022

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8 trends among the top-ranking photo & video apps

By: Hans Hartman

A deep dive into SensorTower’s US app store data for H1 this year The US photo & video app market is alive and well. It did not only boom during the COVID heydays last year with many consumers spending more time at home, but it has also shown continued growth

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All your images are belong to us

By: Paul Melcher

Users have been warned multiple times by terms of usage and public reports. Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, Snap, TikTok, Youtube, Twitter, Pinterest have made it very clear that in exchange for allowing you to use their platform to share your visual content, you grant them rights to do pretty much anything

Instagram Is No Longer a Photo-Sharing App

By: David Schonauer

When is a photo-sharing app not a photo-sharing app? When it’s 2021, and the app is Instagram. This news comes directly from the top: Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram. In a video posted to his Instagram and Twitter accounts, Mosseri recently said the company is looking to lean into entertainment and

The inevitable convergence of social media, commerce, and visual content.

By: Paul Melcher

You walk through the supermarket aisle until you face various choices for the product you wish to eat. In the case of cereals, it can be 20 or more different options. You reach out and pick one, which you feel is the right decision based on a well-educated process. In