Imaging Tools

Canva acquired Australia-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup Leonardo.ai on Tuesday. The AI startup uses its native foundation model Phoenix to generate images, videos, and create visual assets. The platform also offers features such as AI-powered upscaling, inline editing, and real-time image generation. Canva said that the Phoenix AI model...

Apple Intelligence is expected to bring along a much needed AI infusion into Apple’s ecosystem of devices which is currently lagging well behind other operating systems when it comes to AI features. From AI writing tools, to Image Playground, to advanced AI-based photo-editing capabilities and smarter and situationally aware Siri, it is currentl...

Adobe Illustrator received new artificial intelligence (AI) tools on Tuesday to make the design creation process easier for users. The new tools include a Generative Shape Fill tool that can generate pattern vectors within a shape. Other tools include Style Reference, Retype, Mockup, and more. These tools are powered by the company’s Firefly Vect...

Apple Intelligence might become a new revenue channel for the company in the future, as per a report. The Cupertino-based tech giant announced its suite of artificial intelligence (AI) features dubbed Apple Intelligence at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2024. Once it rolls out, users will get features like the AI-powered Siri, Writing T...

Figma, the website and app design platform, introduced a user interface (UI) redesign and multiple new artificial intelligence (AI) features, on Wednesday. The company is calling the new look UI3 as this is the third significant redesign of the platform since its launch in closed beta in 2016. Alongside, a suite of new AI features has also been int...

Meta has been spotted applying labels denoting posts as artificial intelligence (AI) generated content detected by its tool on Instagram. The official Instagram account of Kolkata Knight Riders which recently won the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 cricket tournament has been affected by this issue. One of the images posted by the account, which s...

Blackmagic Camera – the professional digital film camera and image processing app – is now available on Android smartphones, the company announced on Monday. The app features professional-grade video recording tools and is developed by Blackmagic, the Australian digital cinema hardware manufacturer. It was launched on iPhone last year and has n...

Shutterstock ImageAI, a generative artificial intelligence (AI) platform that allows users to generate images from text prompts, was announced last week. Shutterstock, the stock photos, videos, and music repository, and the data and AI firm Databricks collaborated to build the text-to-image AI platform. The company claims the platform is aimed at e...

Bewakoof, the popular Indian apparel brand, has collaborated with Google Cloud to bring the latter’s generative artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning capabilities to its platform. The Indian brand unveiled the partnership at the Google Cloud Summit India, 2024. Bewakoof said it is using technologies such as Gemini AI to enable the cre...

Stability AI's Stable Diffusion 3 Medium was released on Wednesday as a smaller version of its Stable Diffusion 3 (SD3) artificial intelligence (AI) model. The company introduced the smaller text-to-image model as its most advanced image generation model. While retaining all the functionalities of the larger generative AI model, the latest tool wil...

Apple Intelligence was used as the umbrella term for the artificial intelligence (AI) features at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2024 on Monday. The company introduced new AI capabilities to core apps and virtual assistant Siri. Apple said Apple Intelligence will be powered by on-device processing and Private Cloud Compute.

IIT Bombay on Tuesday announced a strategic partnership with IT services major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to develop India's first Quantum Diamond microchip imager -- an advanced sensing tool to test the quality of semiconductor chips.

Adobe Lightroom is getting another artificial intelligence (AI) feature dubbed Generative Remove. The new feature can remove any unwanted object from an image with a single click, making photo editing easy for both professional as well as inexperienced users. Additionally, the company is also introducing a Lens Blur feature, which as the name sugge...

OpenAI unveiled its new artificial intelligence (AI) image identification and detection tool on Tuesday. The AI firm announced the new tool highlighting the need to authenticate AI-generated content and to create awareness about it. The company has also formally joined the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) committee, which ha...

A UK court has banned a sex offender from using any "AI-creating tools" for the next five years. As per a report by The Guardian, Anthony Dover has been convicted of making more than 1,000 indecent images of children.

Canva acquired Australia-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup Leonardo.ai on Tuesday. The AI startup uses its native foundation model Phoenix to generate images, videos, and create visual assets. The platform also offers features such as AI-powered upscaling, inline editing, and real-time image generation. Canva said that the Phoenix AI model...

Apple Intelligence is expected to bring along a much needed AI infusion into Apple’s ecosystem of devices which is currently lagging well behind other operating systems when it comes to AI features. From AI writing tools, to Image Playground, to advanced AI-based photo-editing capabilities and smarter and situationally aware Siri, it is currentl...

Adobe Illustrator received new artificial intelligence (AI) tools on Tuesday to make the design creation process easier for users. The new tools include a Generative Shape Fill tool that can generate pattern vectors within a shape. Other tools include Style Reference, Retype, Mockup, and more. These tools are powered by the company’s Firefly Vect...

Apple Intelligence might become a new revenue channel for the company in the future, as per a report. The Cupertino-based tech giant announced its suite of artificial intelligence (AI) features dubbed Apple Intelligence at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2024. Once it rolls out, users will get features like the AI-powered Siri, Writing T...

Figma, the website and app design platform, introduced a user interface (UI) redesign and multiple new artificial intelligence (AI) features, on Wednesday. The company is calling the new look UI3 as this is the third significant redesign of the platform since its launch in closed beta in 2016. Alongside, a suite of new AI features has also been int...

Meta has been spotted applying labels denoting posts as artificial intelligence (AI) generated content detected by its tool on Instagram. The official Instagram account of Kolkata Knight Riders which recently won the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 cricket tournament has been affected by this issue. One of the images posted by the account, which s...

Blackmagic Camera – the professional digital film camera and image processing app – is now available on Android smartphones, the company announced on Monday. The app features professional-grade video recording tools and is developed by Blackmagic, the Australian digital cinema hardware manufacturer. It was launched on iPhone last year and has n...

Shutterstock ImageAI, a generative artificial intelligence (AI) platform that allows users to generate images from text prompts, was announced last week. Shutterstock, the stock photos, videos, and music repository, and the data and AI firm Databricks collaborated to build the text-to-image AI platform. The company claims the platform is aimed at e...

Bewakoof, the popular Indian apparel brand, has collaborated with Google Cloud to bring the latter’s generative artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning capabilities to its platform. The Indian brand unveiled the partnership at the Google Cloud Summit India, 2024. Bewakoof said it is using technologies such as Gemini AI to enable the cre...

Stability AI's Stable Diffusion 3 Medium was released on Wednesday as a smaller version of its Stable Diffusion 3 (SD3) artificial intelligence (AI) model. The company introduced the smaller text-to-image model as its most advanced image generation model. While retaining all the functionalities of the larger generative AI model, the latest tool wil...

Apple Intelligence was used as the umbrella term for the artificial intelligence (AI) features at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2024 on Monday. The company introduced new AI capabilities to core apps and virtual assistant Siri. Apple said Apple Intelligence will be powered by on-device processing and Private Cloud Compute.

IIT Bombay on Tuesday announced a strategic partnership with IT services major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to develop India's first Quantum Diamond microchip imager -- an advanced sensing tool to test the quality of semiconductor chips.

Adobe Lightroom is getting another artificial intelligence (AI) feature dubbed Generative Remove. The new feature can remove any unwanted object from an image with a single click, making photo editing easy for both professional as well as inexperienced users. Additionally, the company is also introducing a Lens Blur feature, which as the name sugge...

OpenAI unveiled its new artificial intelligence (AI) image identification and detection tool on Tuesday. The AI firm announced the new tool highlighting the need to authenticate AI-generated content and to create awareness about it. The company has also formally joined the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) committee, which ha...

A UK court has banned a sex offender from using any "AI-creating tools" for the next five years. As per a report by The Guardian, Anthony Dover has been convicted of making more than 1,000 indecent images of children.