Post #3970759
2026-07-20 21:52 UTC
I have to pay increasing attention to what my phone does to pictures it takes. For example, my new Motorola phone includes a super zoom feature that actually uses generative AI to fill in details as it crops in! I turned it off, but others might not notice and upload such digitally created images to iNaturalist, where they'd actually impact scientific research
https://petapixel.com/2026/07/20/scientists-warn-wildlife-photographers-ai-enhanced-bird-photos-could-threaten-research/
Replies (3)
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@cinebox@masto.hackers.town 2026-07-20 22:28
@dantheclamman@scicomm.xyz I saw an example where it added feathers to a photo of a plane.
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@ephesossh@mastodon.online 2026-07-20 22:55
@dantheclamman@scicomm.xyz thank you for reminding me to check my damn Pixel settings again, it recently offered to turn my photos into cartoons
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@nev@flipping.rocks 2026-07-20 23:21
@dantheclamman@scicomm.xyz I recently saw a bird ID forum stymied by a bird with what looked like rare aberrant coloration. It turned out to be a result of AI upscaling—in the original photo it clearly just had pollen on its face. Anecdotally, there was once a time when I was really impressed with people's close-up cell phone photos (of bugs), but I've noticed they're generally shit now.