AI SECRETS AUTHOR
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.
Protective technologies against AI image alteration and potential misinformation from AI-generated images are as high-demand as AI image editing and generation. MIT CSAIL has joined the discussion by presenting PhotoGuard, a new AI model that protects images from unauthorized or undesired AI manipulation. Using sophisticated tech that attacks AI generative models’ abilities but remains invisible to […]
Adobe Firefly goes forward with integration into Photoshop. Recently, the design software giant Adobe announced the features powered by Adobe Firefly on Photoshop now supports multiple global languages; plus, they added a new tool named Generative Expand, which can expand an image beyond its original limits with seamless results. Making the AI-powered design features in Photoshop […]
Multinational tech firm Meta recently announced their newest generative AI model, CM3leon. It is a multimodal AI model that can do text-to-image and image-to-text generation. The novel technology used to develop this model is already interesting, but what’s even more interesting is that the company claims it outperforms most of the current image generators available regarding […]
Well-established stock media licensing company 123RF just added a new AI-powered feature to their platform, the newly released AI Image Variations. Designed to allow users instantaneously create composition variations from any stock image on the agency's catalog, this function's AI-generated images are also commercially licensable and compensate authors of original photos. More information is below. One-Click […]
The AI startup lab co-founded by former OpenAI executives, Anthropic, recently launched their newest AI text-generating model Claude 2, to the public. An evolution of the existing Claude (version 1.3), the latest tool is superior in many important areas like academic performance and code writing, plus it is said to be safer in terms of […]
Just three months after its initial launch to the public, Adobe announced today that they are expanding Adobe Firefly, its native family of generative AI models, to reach worldwide. Adobe Firefly has already produced 1 Billion images. And now enabling millions of new users to access text-to-image generation, AI image editing, and supporting multiple languages, […]
More development in the novel generative AI space within the visual, creative industry: the stock media licensing and creative resources platform Shutterstock announced they expanded their collaboration with OpenAI –the lab tech behind AI image generator Dall-E 2 and AI chatbot ChatGPT– in a new multi-year deal. The extensive partnership will see Shutterstock maintaining priority access […]
Today, the Chinese tech titan Alibaba has announced the launching of AI text-to-image generator Tongyi Wanxiang, which seeks to take on popular US competitors Dall-E 2 and Midjourney. They are also integrating a newly certified committee for AI tech standards in China. Like this, the company looks to secure a leading position in the Chinese AI race, […]
The stock media licensing and creative solutions platform Shutterstock speeds up ahead of the road to make AI-generated media safely licensable by starting today to offer full indemnification for the use and license of AI-generated images. Available only for Enterprise customers, the new on-demand indemnification system requires pre-approval of AI-generated images for commercial use and […]
Last week at an industry event, Adobe showcased Project Gingerbread. This new and impressive generative AI application combines 3D modeling with synthetic image generation to create photorealistic pictures like never before. While Project Gingerbread is still in the development phase and has no projected release date, the preview has been enough to cause waves across […]