The Sora Embarrassment is a Reflection of OpenAI’s Juvenile Culture
Sam Altman has always cut a strange figure to me; like a teenager in many ways. Even his Twitter bio, "AI is cool I guess," is a sullen and petulant remark.
Sam Altman has always cut a strange figure to me; like a teenager in many ways. Even his Twitter bio, "AI is cool I guess," is a sullen and petulant remark.
A Los Angeles jury has found that Meta and Google are liable for harm caused to a young woman who says she developed an addiction to their platforms as a child, awarding her a total of $6 million in damages.
Photographers would be forgiven for thinking that Panasonic is no longer committed or interested in developing new Micro Four Thirds products, but as the company told PetaPixel at CP+ 2026 in Japan, it is still very much interested in developing new MFT products that capitalize on the format's core strengths.
This week, ON1 announced Restore AI for its Photo RAW MAX software. The company says the goal is to give photographers the ability to restore old photos using a "powerful new AI photo restoration module," but what it appears to do instead is dramatically change the photos into AI hallucinations.
Photographers often feel like certain camera technology has plateaued. Sure, sensors get a little better, autofocus improves with each generation, and cameras are faster than ever. However, camera tech rarely improves by leaps and bounds like it once did. Canon believes AI may fuel many of the biggest camera tech breakthroughs in the coming years.
Meta has been ordered to pay $375 million after a New Mexico jury found the tech giant liable for failing to protect children from exploitation and harmful content on its platforms.
The largest newspaper in the Netherlands ran an AI-generated photo of a woman on its website alongside a made-up story about her attempting to book a flight out of Dubai.
In September, OpenAI launched the newest version of its generative AI video model, Sora 2, to significant initial fanfare and equally big copyright concerns. Today, just months later, OpenAI killed Sora.
Scientists have captured the first-ever footage of sperm whales headbutting each other, documenting a behavior long described by sailors but never previously confirmed.
Instagram has begun rolling out an update that allows users to change the order of photos and videos in a carousel post -- after it has already been published.
As smart glasses begin to unleash havoc on society -- largely thanks to their clandestine cameras that bad actors use to make mischief -- one startup is addressing the problem.
Processing thousands of photos on a computer can be a cumbersome task, especially when the task at hand is tedious and unimaginative. Could agentic AI be an answer to that?
A High Court judge in London has found that a claimant gave evidence while using smart glasses to receive assistance during cross-examination, leading to the rejection of his testimony.
Runway has demonstrated a new AI video technology in which HD imagery is created in real time. While the technology could be an exciting development in the world of entertainment, others say it will make it even harder to spot fakes.
Tinder is testing a new feature that uses AI to scan users’ camera rolls, selecting photos and generating suggestions about their personality.
One year after his death, a digitally generated version of Val Kilmer is set to appear in an independent film titled As Deep as the Grave.
Hundreds of people in Los Angeles are wearing cameras at home to record daily tasks, generating data to help train AI systems.
A first-of-its-kind camera survey on a remote Tasmanian island has uncovered rare and elusive animals, capturing images of species seldom seen by humans.
The U.K. government has stepped back from proposed copyright reforms that would have allowed AI companies to use copyrighted material without permission, marking a shift after strong opposition from the creative sector.
A designer has built a fun camera that gets people outside and exploring the world around them.
Three teens have filed a class action lawsuit claiming that Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok was used to create nonconsensual sexually explicit images and videos of them when they were minors.
Google has shown off a prototype of its AI smart glasses that has an eyebrow-raising feature: it can edit photos with AI on the fly.
The race is on to find a universal 'No AI' logo. However, with competing emblems and varying definitions of artificial intelligence, it's far from straightforward.
In 2016, Niantic launched Pokémon GO, an augmented reality (AR) game that took the world by storm. Now, 10 years later, spin-off company Niantic Spatial is using all the visual data gathered by players to build a massive geospatial model that can power robots and AI.
Instagram is testing a feature that allows some Meta Verified subscribers to add clickable links directly to captions on their posts.
A bipartisan bill introduced in Congress would require technology companies to disclose which copyrighted works are used to train AI systems.
Think back to this time last year when The Brutalist was being pilloried for using AI to improve Adrian Brody's Hungarian accent. Two other Oscar-nominated movies in 2025 had also confessed to using AI to improve speech.
Adobe's longtime CEO, Shantanu Narayen, announced this week that he is stepping down after 18 years as CEO and nearly 30 years at the company. If you ask shareholders, Narayen was, for a long time, among the very best in the biz. If you ask Adobe's core customers, the artists who were once indispensable to the company's success, it's a different story.
Meta said in January that it plans to spend somewhere between $115 billion and $135 billion in the pursuit of AI superintelligence, but it's hit a snag after its newest AI model is reportedly behind rivals.
Sony's Camera Verify (beta) software now supports video files in addition to still photos, representing a significant step forward for content authenticity.
Caira Camera by Camera Intelligence, which is formerly Alice Camera, made headlines last year when it announced that it would be integrating Google Nano Banana directly into its imaging pipeline, allowing users to make wholesale changes to photos and alter reality. After blowback, Caira is dialing its generative editing way back.
Tilly Norwood, an AI-generated actress, has just dropped a music video -- and the song won't be winning any awards.
Sigma has been developing a full-frame Foveon sensor since 2018 but there have not been major advancements in that process since 2022. However, CEO Kazuto Yamaki says that Sigma engineers have made progress and it should be ready to proceed to the final stage of development this year.
The founder of an image archive called Diversity Photos is taking his fight with Adobe public after he attempted to stop the company from training its AI on his rare and valuable library.
Earlier this month at the tail-end of the CP+ Show in Yokohama, Japan, I got some hands-on time with Sony XYN. Specifically, Sarah Teng and I stood in front of three Sony XYN immersive displays. What we saw felt like wearing the Apple Vision Pro, but without the headgear.
When new cameras are announced, dynamic range is often a significant part of the image quality discussion. When a camera offers particularly fantastic dynamic range, it's big news. Likewise, when a camera's dynamic range takes a big hit in exchange for other impressive features, that's news, too. However, does dynamic range really matter that much?
There are now hundreds, if not thousands, of AI apps that can create "professional" images from just a single photo of a person. The only problem? They're not real.
An investigation has alleged that footage taken on Meta's AI smart glasses is being watched by tech workers, including intimate moments.
Apple's new 27-inch Studio Display XDR looks like a great option for photographers and video editors requiring accurate colors and high peak brightness. However, as eagle-eyed prospective customers are discovering, there are some caveats to consider when it comes to compatibility.
vivo is taking mobile videography to new lengths in a very literal sense with the X300 Ultra, putting a professional cinema camera into your pocket. This means filmmakers and content creators can now capture professional-grade footage anytime, anywhere, without compromising on quality or creative control.
What happens when you put a small robot into a smartphone and let it control the camera? Honor’s Robot Phone is essentially built on that premise as an Android phone with a built-in gimbal. And the company says it will become a finished product coming to market at some point in 2026, starting in China first.
Apple has announced a brand-new, low-cost laptop, the MacBook Neo. Starting at $599, it is Apple's most aggressively priced MacBook ever, and it sports an Apple A18 Pro chip, like the one the company used in its iPhone 16 Pro smartphones.
Apple has announced a new Studio Display and an all-new Studio Display XDR, both 27-inch 5K monitors. The former is an update to the Studio Display launched in 2022, while the Studio Display XDR replaces the outgoing 32-inch 6K Pro Display XDR from 2019.
Apple has unveiled faster, more powerful MacBook Pro laptops with the all-new M5 Pro and M5 Max chips. Apple calls its new MacBook Pro "the world's best pro laptop."
Apple has unveiled an upgraded version of its popular MacBook Air laptop that comes with the company's powerful M5 chips.
Apple has announced the M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, both built to power professional creative workflows.
Google has rolled out the next iteration of its successful Nano Banana AI image model, promising that it can deliver "high-quality, photorealistic imagery."
After the iPhone 17 and 17 Pro featured updated cameras, the iPhone 18 isn't expected to take a similar leap. But it will reportedly get one interesting new feature: variable aperture.
Netflix is facing backlash after a true crime documentary published on the streaming service last month made heavy use of artificial intelligence (AI).
Many predict that smart glasses will explode in popularity in the near future, but the wearable technology poses numerous issues that a new app is attempting to mitigate.