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Re:Police officer investigated for using AI to 'create evide... by jshier on Saturday June 13, 2026 @08:31PM (#48522970)
iPhones, no, there's no AI replacement or synthesis of objects from the camera. There were Android phones doing this (famously I think it was Samsung where it would replace images of the moon with a different image of the moon), and the Photos app has AI manipulation features. And most of the time, Apple's noise removal algorithm actually removes detail from images, most notably making text and straight lines wobbly.
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Re:Police officer investigated for using AI to 'create evide... by Jensson on Saturday June 13, 2026 @08:38PM (#48523016)
> iPhones, no, there's no AI replacement or synthesis of objects from the camera

This is AI. Its not generative AI if that is what you mean, but it is AI altering the image and adding things that wasn't there, usually its fine sometimes it fails horribly and make the picture totally different.

https://x.com/mitchcohen/status/1476351601862483968

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Re:Police officer investigated for using AI to 'create evide... by moonu on Saturday June 13, 2026 @08:52PM (#48523093)
https://x.com/mitchcohen/status/1476951534160257026?s=20 The replies explain that it was a leaf obscuring the face
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Re:Police officer investigated for using AI to 'create evide... by Jensson on Saturday June 13, 2026 @10:34PM (#48523643)
But it used AI to stitch that onto the body, a raw camera shot wouldn't look like that.
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Re:Police officer investigated for using AI to 'create evide... by nom on Sunday June 14, 2026 @05:38PM (#48533058)
that is not what happened, no.
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Re:Police officer investigated for using AI to 'create evide... by jshier on Saturday June 13, 2026 @10:53PM (#48523746)
No, that's not AI in the context you were claiming. They use ML techniques and ML-optimized algorithms for their image processing, which can be claimed under the general AI umbrella, but they certainly aren't generating elements of the images captures by the camera app, which is what you meant. The leaf example given in sibling comment has long been debunked, and it's literally the only example of generative content injection claimed for the iPhone camera.
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Re:Police officer investigated for using AI to 'create evide... by epgui on Saturday June 13, 2026 @08:50PM (#48523083)
Yes, iphones do process images using AI.
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