Generative AI is sending traditional stock photography into a death spiral. In response, two stock photography giants, Getty Images and Shutterstock, are merging to take advantage of the AI market. For the companies, stock prices are up, but for the photographers, pay will probably go down. Understandably, photographers (including myself) aren’t happy about it.
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Creating a Multiverse from a Single Photo
Like many people, I have been wary of AI produced material, so until now, I had been avoiding it. However, after seeing some truly insane AI filters trending on TikTok and other apps, I decided to give it a try. As a photographer, I have an advantage because I have thousands of photos of my own to prompt the AI. These image-to-artwork AI programs are different from the text-to-image ones because they need clear, well-framed subjects. But, even then, no two images are exactly the same, so the results can be…interesting.
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