Apple's Cautious Dance with AI Photo Editing

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AI is frantically waving its magic wand at everything with pixels, we're watching tech giants play an amusing game of "how far is too far?" It's like watching your uncle at a wedding discovering Instagram filters for the first time โ€“ exciting, slightly concerning, but you can't look away.

On this week's snapshot:

  • ๐Ÿ“ธ Midjourney breaks up with Discord, swipes right on web browsers

  • ๐ŸŽ Apple's playing it cool with AI photo editing (perhaps too cool?)

  • ๐Ÿค– Grok API enters the chat (your wallet left the chat)

  • ๐ŸŽจ Canva's getting fancy with AI (and their pricing too!)

  • ๐Ÿ”ฎ + 4 handpicked tools

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Midjourney's AI Editing: Photoshop on Steroids?

Midjourney's stepping up its AI game with new image editing tools that'll make your photos do the cha-cha. Upload any pic and watch as AI transforms colors, textures, and angles faster than you can say "Photoshop who?" But hold your horses, ethical concerns are galloping in. To keep things kosher, they're rolling out gradually with extra moderation. Meanwhile, Midjourney's ditching its Discord-only club for a swanky web interface. Will this be a game-changer or just another AI fever dream? Only time (and a few billion pixels) will tell.

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Apple's AI Photo Dilemma: Reality vs. Fantasy

Apple's diving into the AI photo editing pool, but they're treading carefully. While competitors are gleefully adding lions and bombs to pics, Apple's new "Clean Up" feature in iOS 18.1 is more like a digital lint roller โ€“ removing pesky background objects without going full Photoshop fever dream. Apple's software chief, Craig Federighi, admits they had "a lot of debates" about even this modest step. The company's worried about turning photos into "fantasy" and eroding trust in visual reality. So, they're tagging edited images and adding metadata to flag alterations. It's like putting a "contains nuts" warning on your vacation snapshots. Welcome to the brave new world of AI-assisted reality!

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Elon's Latest AI Toy: Grok API (Now with Extra Tokens!)

Elon Musk's xAI is rolling out a new plaything for developers: the Grok API. Now you can sprinkle some Musk-flavored AI into your apps, assuming your wallet can handle it. With pricing that makes even ChatGPT blush, Grok seems determined to be the caviar of chatbots. But fear not, budget-conscious coders! For the low, low price of your firstborn child, you too can access millions of tokens of pure Muskian wisdom. Will Grok revolutionize AI, or is it just another shiny distraction in Elon's techno-playground? Only time (and a hefty credit limit) will tell.

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Canva's AI Makeover: More Magic, Higher Price Tag

Canva's giving its design platform an AI facelift, rolling out a souped-up text-to-image generator called "Dream Lab". Born from their Leonardo.ai acquisition, it promises to outshine their current offering with better photorealism and multi-subject prowess. But wait, there's more! They're sprinkling AI fairy dust on everything from whiteboards to video editing. The cherry on top? A price hike for business users. Because nothing says "expanded product experience" like paying more for incremental upgrades you didn't ask for. At least your presentations will have fancy charts now. Yay, progress?

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