{"id":1211,"date":"2023-10-21T19:21:40","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T19:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/google-pixels-face-altering-photo-tool-sparks-ai-manipulation-debate\/"},"modified":"2023-10-21T19:21:40","modified_gmt":"2023-10-21T19:21:40","slug":"google-pixels-face-altering-photo-tool-sparks-ai-manipulation-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/google-pixels-face-altering-photo-tool-sparks-ai-manipulation-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Pixel\u2019s face-altering photo tool sparks AI manipulation debate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google Pixel\u2019s face-altering photo tool sparks AI manipulation debate<\/p>\n

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By Darren Waters<\/div>\n
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The camera never lies. Except, of course, it does – and seemingly more often with each passing day. <\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In the age of the smartphone, digital edits on the fly to improve photos have become commonplace, from boosting colours to tweaking light levels. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Now, a new breed of smartphone tools powered by artificial intelligence (AI) are adding to the debate about what it means to photograph reality.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Google’s latest smartphones released last week, the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro, go a step further than devices from other companies. They are using AI to help alter people’s expressions in photographs. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It’s an experience we’ve all had: one person in a group shot looks away from the camera or fails to smile. Google’s phones can now look through your photos to mix and match from past expressions, using machine learning to put a smile from a different photo of them into the picture. Google calls it Best Take. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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