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Aboyne Primary School mum criticizes photography firm for offering class photos without children with complex needs | UK News

A “devastated” mum has criticized a photography firm for offering to remove children with complex needs from class photos – with the company later apologizing.

Parents and carers at Aboyne Primary School complained after they were sent a link from Tempest Photography offering an alternative choice of class photos with or without the children with additional support needs.

Tempest Photography has apologized for what it described as “not standard procedure” and said it was “taking this matter very seriously”.

Aberdeenshire Council said as soon as it became aware of the situation it immediately asked the company to remove any images

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See 11 Breathtaking Bird Images From the Audubon Photography Awards | Smart News

Carlyn Kranking

Assistant Editor, Science and Innovation

Whether flying, hunting, breeding or preening, birds and their varied behaviors make for some stunning photos. From a female Baltimore oriole’s bright yellow feathers, to the iridescent shine of a pigeon’s neck, these winning shots from the 2023 Audubon Photography Awards showcase the beauty of bird life that can often go undetected.

Last week, the National Audubon Society announced the winners of the 14th iteration of its annual bird photography contest. A panel of 15 judges whittled down a submission pool of some 2,200 entrants from eight Canadian provinces, all 50 states and

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Photo giant Getty took a leading AI image-maker to court. Now it’s also embracing the technology

Anyone looking for a beautiful photograph of a desert landscape can find many choices from Getty Images, the stock photography collection.

But say you’re instead looking for a wide angle shot of a “hot pink plastic saguaro cactus with large arms that stick out, surrounded by sand, in landscape at dawn.” Getty Images says you can now ask its artificial intelligence image-generator to make one on the spot.

The Seattle-based company is taking a two-pronged approach to the threat and opportunity that AI poses to its business. First, it sued a leading purveyor of AI-generated images earlier this year for

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