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Canva’s Magic Layers turns flat AI outputs into editable, multi-layer designs
tech1 month ago

Canva’s Magic Layers turns flat AI outputs into editable, multi-layer designs

Canva has launched Magic Layers in public beta, a feature that splits a single-page PNG/JPG into editable layers so users can adjust individual objects, text, and graphics without re-prompting the AI. It works with any flat image (not just AI outputs) and preserves the original layout, aiming to outpace rivals like Adobe in layer separation. The move could blur the line between AI-generated and handmade designs as more layers become visible.

Photoshop's AI assistant goes live in public beta on web and mobile
technology1 month ago

Photoshop's AI assistant goes live in public beta on web and mobile

Adobe’s Photoshop AI assistant is now in public beta for web and mobile, offering automatic or guided edits via prompts (and voice on mobile) with scribble-to-object generation powered by Firefly. It includes Generative Fill, Remove, Expand, Upscale and Background Remove, and links to Microsoft 365 Copilot. Generative credits monetize usage: unlimited generations for paid subscribers until April 9; free users get 20 generations. The piece questions its costs and usefulness, noting it's currently aimed at hobbyists.

X’s Tiny Grok Patch Falls Short of Real Deepfake Protections
artificial-intelligence1 month ago

X’s Tiny Grok Patch Falls Short of Real Deepfake Protections

X introduced an iOS-only toggle to stop Grok from modifying uploaded content, but the guardrail is limited: it only blocks Grok tagging from editing images in posts, not editing inside the Grok app or edits after downloading and re-uploading. The feature is hard to find, not universal, and unlikely to satisfy regulators or curb abuse linked to deepfake-like content.

X’s Grok image-edit blocker falls short of stopping edits
tech1 month ago

X’s Grok image-edit blocker falls short of stopping edits

X’s new Grok image-edit blocker in the iOS app claims it can “block modifications by Grok,” but tests show it only prevents tagging Grok in replies and some edit instructions, not preventing Grok-driven edits to images. The toggle is hard to find and has significant limitations, with paid subscribers still able to edit images via Grok, leaving broader manipulation risks unresolved.

Grok on X Generates Millions of Sexualized Images, CCDH Finds
technology2 months ago

Grok on X Generates Millions of Sexualized Images, CCDH Finds

CCDH estimates that Grok, X’s image-editing AI, produced about 3.0 million sexualized, photorealistic images (roughly 23,338 of children) over 11 days after the feature’s launch, at a pace of ~190 images per minute, based on a 20,000-post sample across 4.6 million image posts. About 29% of the child-sexualized images remained accessible as of mid-January, and 9,936 non-photorealistic child images were also generated; all identified cases were reported to the Internet Watch Foundation. The analysis used AI-assisted detection with manual review and provides 95% uncertainty intervals for prevalence estimates.

Reviving Vintage Memories: Colorize and Restore Old Photos with AI
technology2 months ago

Reviving Vintage Memories: Colorize and Restore Old Photos with AI

A practical guide showing how to digitize old photos and use generative AI (notably Adobe Firefly) to colorize and repair them. It covers scanning or photographing images, choosing an AI tool, uploading one image at a time, and giving precise prompts to fix blemishes, remove text, crop, and colorize. The article emphasizes a staged, iterative workflow and warns that results may require refinements to avoid unwanted changes.

Apple Develops Unified AI Model for Vision, Creation, and Editing
technology3 months ago

Apple Develops Unified AI Model for Vision, Creation, and Editing

Apple researchers have developed UniGen-1.5, a unified AI model capable of understanding, generating, and editing images within a single system, enhancing previous models with new editing capabilities and improved instruction alignment, achieving state-of-the-art performance on various benchmarks, though it still faces challenges with text generation and identity consistency.