“Deepfake detection challenge” shows pace of synthetic media — and why technology sector standards, plus everyday verification by journalists, are critical to public safety and trust
In her annual State of the Union address to the European Parliament, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivered a clear political message: the health of independent journalism is critical to the health of democracy.
News agencies providing professionally-produced content across the world including UK and Ireland have taken the highly-unusual steps in deciding not to create or distribute news photographs of the Oasis stage performance in Manchester at the weekend.
NMC has formally protested a restrictive condition placed on press photographers covering the opening night of the Oasis Live ’25 tour, following a wave of concern from photo editors across the news industry.
The much-anticipated trial between Getty Images and Stability AI opened last week at the UK High Court: a “day of reckoning” for the generative AI industry and its relationship with intellectual property law.
Technically, a photograph can be captured in a split second, sometimes in the world of fast-moving sport 1/1000th of a second. However, an image never shows what has happened before its creation: the human preparation and creativity; the investment in time; the equipment and other resources; and the hours – sometimes months and even years – of ensuring the photographer is in the right place, right time and right split second.