New ‘All Eyes on Rafah’ Image Goes Viral But This Time It’s a Real Photo

New ‘All Eyes on Rafah’ Image Goes Viral But This Time It’s a Real Photo

After an AI image depicting displaced Palestinians with the slogan “All Eyes on Rafah” went extremely viral on Instagram this week, social media users are now encouraging a real photo to be shared. The original “All Eyes on Rafah” image came in for some criticism because it was AI-generated. Aside from the issues around how … Read more

Picture of the Year Competition Hacked Amid Avalanche of Bizarre AI Images on Facebook

Picture of the Year Competition Hacked Amid Avalanche of Bizarre AI Images on Facebook

Some of the strange AI images that has been appearing on the Pictures of the Year Facebook page. The Facebook page for Pictures of the Year International has been hacked with bizarre AI images being posted instead of photography — as AI-generated content sweeps across Facebook. Since March 13, strange AI images have been shared … Read more

This Viral Photo Taken in 1989 of a Man Smoking in McDonald’s is Not All it Seems

This Viral Photo Taken in 1989 of a Man Smoking in McDonald’s is Not All it Seems

Sitting in a McDonald’s restaurant smoking a cigarette while eating a burger, this “peak male specimen” apparently had his picture taken in 1989, according to the caption. The curious image, which has the overall tone and feel of a film photo taken in the late 1980s, was shared on X (formerly Twitter) where it has … Read more

Disturbing AI Images of Children Found for Sale on Shutterstock

Disturbing AI Images of Children Found for Sale on Shutterstock

Disturbing, sexually suggestive AI images of children are available to purchase on the Shutterstock photo website, PetaPixel has exclusively learned. Warning This article contains unsettling AI-generated images of children. A horrifying image of a young girl with “cumslut” written on her forehead was listed on the stock photo website accompanied by the text prompt that … Read more

Photographer Lifts the Lid on That Jesus Super Bowl Ad

Photographer Lifts the Lid on That Jesus Super Bowl Ad

The photographer who took the powerful foot-washing images for a Jesus ad that played at Super Bowl LVIII has revealed the huge production value behind the photos and hit back at critics who say the ad was AI-generated. The advertisement from the group “He Gets Us” is a Bible reference to when Jesus washed the … Read more

AI Images Generated on DALL-E Now Contain the Content Authenticity Tag

AI Images Generated on DALL-E Now Contain the Content Authenticity Tag

This image was AI-generated via DALL-E 3. AI images generated on OpenAI’s DALL-E 3 will now have a watermark added to them from the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA). C2PA is an open technical standard that allows publishers, companies, and others to embed metadata in media to verify its origin and related information. … Read more

An AI Image App That Puts Clothes on Nude Women is Suddenly Popular

An AI Image App That Puts Clothes on Nude Women is Suddenly Popular

A “DignifAI” example. After PetaPixel reported AI image apps that “undress” women are on the rise, a new AI image tool aimed at women is gaining traction — but this one puts clothes on instead of removing them. “DignifAI” has emerged from the controversial messaging board website 4chan with people using generative AI tools to … Read more

Australian Portrait Prize to Allow AI Entries, ‘Art is Not Stagnant’

Australian Portrait Prize to Allow AI Entries, ‘Art is Not Stagnant’

AI-generated via DALL-E. A portrait competition in Australia that is open to photographers and artists will allow AI images to enter this year. The Brisbane Portrait Prize (BPP) was won by a photographer in 2021 but last year was won by a digital illustration so it is very a mixed media contest. However, the organizers … Read more

Shopify’s AI Photo Editing Tool Will Help Sellers Create ‘Professional’ Images

Shopify’s AI Photo Editing Tool Will Help Sellers Create ‘Professional’ Images

Shopify’s new AI image editor will allow sellers to create any background for their product that they want. Shopify has added an AI image editor to its Magic Suite that aims to help sellers create professional product photos. Back in April, Shopify launched a suite of generative AI tools that centered around producing text for … Read more