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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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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Photographs documented US Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s groundbreaking career in politics

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s groundbreaking career in politics was documented in photos from the moment she was sworn in as San Francisco mayor in the aftermath of tragedy to her long-awaited return to the US Senate after illness earlier this year.

The pictures start in black and white, showing a young Feinstein as she leads an estimated 15,000 marchers in memory of slain Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk. She became the city’s first female mayor after their assassination in 1978 and held the office for nearly a decade.

As mayor, he helped secure millions

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