This chapter explores the latest AI advancements in smartphone technology, with a focus on features enhancing photography and user experience. It discusses tools like enhanced virtual assistants and innovative photo editing capabilities, particularly spotlighting Apple's and Google's offerings. Additionally, it addresses the implications of advanced image generation tools and the growing culture of skepticism surrounding visual media, especially in the context of manipulated images and deepfakes.
This week Apple announced its first AI iPhone with features that will make it even easier to edit your photos. But manipulating reality worries photojournalists like Fred Ritchin, who says these advancements pose a lot of ethical questions.
This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Rob Byers, and hosted by Noel King.
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Synthetic image created by DreamStudio in response to this text prompt from Fred Ritchin: "A photograph of a soldier in the Vietnam War taking a selfie."
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