The Verge on AI in photography with the release of the new Google Pixel:
An explosion from the side of an old brick building. A crashed bicycle in a city intersection. A cockroach in a box of takeout. It took less than 10 seconds to create each of these images with the Reimagine tool in the Pixel 9’s Magic Editor. They are crisp. They are in full color. They are high-fidelity. There is no suspicious background blur, no tell-tale sixth finger. These photographs are extraordinarily convincing, and they are all extremely fucking fake.
Some of the examples they offer:
These were created in-camera. No additional software or skills required.
The conclusion of The Verge's article? We're fucked.
