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Woman’s iPhone photo of son rejected from Sydney competition after judges ruled it could be AI | Photography

Suzi Dougherty was chuffed when a happy snap she took of her son on her iPhone turned out so well.

She was so happy with the sharp, colour-saturated picture of him posing with mannequins at a Gucci exhibition that she had a copy printed off for her mother and entered it in a local photography competition.

Four judges considered the photo – and they loved it.

Then they rejected it. They were suspicious it had been generated by artificial intelligence.

Dougherty jokes that he’s just upset he didn’t win. “I was flattered,” she says, adding that her 18-year-old son, Caspar,

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5 Beverly Hills middle school students expelled following AI-generated nude photo scandal


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In response to a group of Beverly Hills middle school students creating and circulating AI generated nude photos of classmates, the district’s school board voted this week to expel five students involved in the scandal.

At a special Beverly Hills Unified School District board meeting Wednesday night, the expulsion of the five “egregiously involved eighth-grade students” was approved.

School officials say 16 students were victimized by the AI-generated nude photos.

Beverly Vista Middle School staff was first alerted about the photos on Wednesday, Feb. 21. According to the school district, the faces of students were

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Photography prohibited inside Kedarnath Temple; violators to face legal consequences

Warning boards have been installed at Kedarnath to implement the guidelines strictly, said the Temple Committee President. Devotees during their pilgrimage to the Kedarnath Temple, in Rudraprayag. Files

Warning boards have been installed at Kedarnath to implement the guidelines strictly, said the Temple Committee President. Devotees during their pilgrimage to the Kedarnath Temple, in Rudraprayag. Files | Photo Credit: ANI

Shri Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee on July 17 announced a complete prohibition of photography and videography inside Kedarnath Temple premises.

The temple committee has also posted warning signs throughout the Kedarnath Temple premises, advising visitors that if they are seen taking pictures or recordings, legal action will be taken against them.

Boards are put up in several places of the temple premises which read, ‘Do not enter the temple

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The 2023 Audubon Photography Awards: The Top 100

Another year, another fantastic Audubon Photography Awards. For the 14 installment of our annual competition, we had more than 2,200 individuals from across the United States and Canada submit almost 9,000 photographs and videos. Then the hard part begins: After reviewing every anonymous image and video file, three panels of expert judges selected just 13 winners and honorable mentions. Be sure to check them out if you haven’t already.

But as always, with so many amazing submissions, we couldn’t stop there. So here are 100 more of our favorite photos for your enjoyment. Shared in no particular order, these shots

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Hot! How a Backyard Photographer Captured Some of the Most Detailed Images of the Sun

For much of the past decade, Andrew McCarthy has been exploring the universe—albeit from his backyard in Arizona.

Using telescopes with specialized filters, planetary cameras, and astro-specific software, he captures the happenings of the universe in all their beguiling and beautiful detail. McCarthy has photographed the passage of the International Space Station, the crimson glow of nebulae, the glint of asteroids, and the pockmarked face of the moon.

“I impulsively bought a telescope after fondly remembering looking through my father’s telescope as a child,” McCarthy said. “One look at the planets through the eyepiece and I was hooked. I became

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This Camera Is Taking a 1,000-Year-Long Exposure Photo of Tucson’s Desert Landscape | SmartNews

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The Millennium Camera, set on the path of a hiking trail in Tucson Arizona, is capturing an image over the course of 1,000 years.
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While most cameras snap photos in a matter of milliseconds, Jonathon Keats, an experimental philosopher at the University of Arizona, is slowing things down: He has set up a camera to capture a single image of a desert landscape in Tucson over the span of 1,000 years. The image will be ready in 3023.

The recently installed “Millennium Camera” is located on the path of a hiking trail facing Tumamoc Hill, according

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Viral theory new Kate Middleton photo is actually 8 years old

Kate Middleton has admitted she was responsible for altering the first official photo of herself post-surgery.

As a result, the number of conspiracy theories circulating online has escalated – including claims old photos of the Princess were superimposed onto the Mother’s Day portrait.

One theory that a photo from Kate’s 2016 Vogue photo shoot was repurposed has been viewed more than 25 million times on X, formerly Twitter, with more than 130,000 likes.

“My analysis of the Kate Middleton photo saga is that they took her face from the Vogue cover she did years ago and edited it in,” said

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Aberdeen parents in shock after being offered version of class photo excluding disabled children

Parents were left “devastated” after they were offered a version of a primary school class photo with children with “complex needs” removed.

Those removed from the pictures included a nine-year-old girl with cerebral palsy in a wheelchair and a girl with additional support needs (ASN).

One mother whose daughter had been removed from a set of photos said it felt like having her child “erased from history”.

The offer was given by Cornwall-based firm Tempest Photography – which

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