AI is fixing and ruining our photos

Published: Oct. 8, 2024, 9 a.m.

For this full-on \u201cwhat is a photo\u201d episode, we start by chatting with Halide developers Ben Sandofsky and Sebastiaan De With about what it means to build a camera app in 2024 \u2014 and what it means to try and accurately capture a photo. Then The Verge\u2019s Allison Johnson joins the show to talk about her experiment going all-in on AI-ifying her photos. Finally, we answer a hotline about which gadgets to attach to your head when you go for a run.\nFurther reading:\n\nHalide\n\nHalide\u2019s Process Zero feature captures photos with no AI processing\n\nLet\u2019s compare Apple, Google, and Samsung\u2019s definitions of \u2018a photo\u2019\n\nNo one\u2019s ready for this\n\nGoogle\u2019s AI tool helped us add disasters and corpses to our photos\n\nThe AI photo editing era is hare, and it\u2019s every person for themselves\n\nThis system can sort real pictures from AI fakes \u2014 why aren\u2019t platforms using it?\n\n\n\nEmail us at vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11, we love hearing from you.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices