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I am an experienced author with expertise in digital communication, stock media, design, and creative tools. I have closely followed and reported on AI developments in this field since its early days. I have gained valuable industry insight through my work with leading digital media professionals since 2014.
I am an experienced author specializing in digital communication, stock media, design, and creative tools, enthusiastically following and reporting on AI developments in this space, from the early days of reverse image search and automatic image editing to the latest image upscaling and AI image generation tools.
I have been researching and writing about digital visual technology, image licensing, and creative design since 2014, working directly with renowned industry experts and shaping up a communication-focused insight on both the supplier and consumer sides of the market. I write for Stock Photo Secrets and Footage Secrets, among other industry publications.
Shutterstock, the tech-driven stock photo agency, has taken a significant stride in harnessing the power of visual AI with the introduction of a Creative AI suite integrated into its vast image library. This move marks a groundbreaking development in the stock photography industry. With the incorporation of these new AI editing features, users now have the capability to […]
A new tool named Nightshade was unveiled today that promises to help visual artists protect their intellectual property from being used to train AI image generative models without permission by poisoning the data in the images and making them useless for AI training. Furthermore, this technology is said to be proven to cause real damage […]
Google has announced a new feature that will let users generate images directly from the search bar using AI. Powered by Google Imagen, users signed into Labs and SGE can now command Google's search bar to create computer-created images based on a written description. Subsequently, the company has established a legal backing of users of its AI image […]
Adobe Max 2023 Conference's Sneaks offers a glimpse into AI-enabled features coming to Adobe Creative Cloud's applications, currently in the early stages of development. The features, powered by Adobe Firefly generative AI models, include text-driven video editing, advanced object-aware image editing, and AI 3D model generation, among others. Just a day ago, Adobe revealed the newest versions […]
Adobe reveals the latest release of its generative AI models, Adobe Firefly, equipped with the Adobe Firefly Image 2 Model for enhanced text-to-image features in Photoshop, the Adobe Firefly Vector Model for text-to-vector conversions, and the Adobe Firefly Design Model for text-to-template transformations. These models elevate the AI capabilities of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Express, […]
The rapidly developing news aggregator app from Instagram’s co-founders, Artifact, keeps widening its service, and the latest update lets you add your own AI-generated images to your posts on the platform. This new feature came out merely a month after posting on the app became possible and profiles Artifact as a clear competitor for X (former Twitter). […]
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has announced a significant integration of generative AI-centered features into its advertising platform, Ads Manager. The three new features introduced are designed to significantly assist advertisers in tailoring and optimizing their campaigns across Meta-owned channels. Read on to see what each of these new features can do. Background Generation to […]
Celebrating its 10th birthday, user-friendly design platform Canva announced the most crucial product update they've ever developed: the all-inclusive Magic Studio. It serves as a centralized portal for AI-driven tools that are universally accessible, requiring no design expertise, and are built to address all user design needs, all within Canva's ecosystem. With a goal to streamline workflow […]
CEPIC, the leading entity in Europe that advocates for image agencies and professional photographers, has publicly declared that it is integrating with the Content Authenticity Initiative, founded by Adobe. This initiative focuses on setting new and more efficient standards for accreditation and monitoring of digital visual content and endorses the trustworthiness and credibility of digital […]
Meta, the umbrella company that owns brands like Instagram, Whatsapp, and Facebook, recently announced its first AI image generator, Emu, along with a slow roll-out of AI integrations across its platform. The company, which is purposely taking its time to jump on the AI bandwagon, has now disclosed its plans to bring a large variety of AI […]
