The Google Pixel 8's AI Blurs the Line Between Reality and Fantasy

From CNET: If you've ever been to Italy's leaning Tower of Pisa, or similar tourist attractions, you've probably attempted to take that quintessential holding-up-the-tower photo. It's a tricky shot to nail because you have to position yourself at just the right angle and just the right distance. And it could mean several takes before you capture just the perfect image.

Thanks to Google, you may never have to endure this sort of (first-world) struggle again. You probably only need a single photo because the tech giant has an AI-based tool known as the Magic Editor that is now available in Google Photos on the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro.

The Magic Editor uses generative AI along with AI processing techniques to help people make complex photo edits easily without the need of professional skills. It goes beyond lightening and brightening photos, although that's part of it. In the case of the Tower of Pisa photo, you could reposition yourself, enlarge the tower, remove strangers from the background and even fill backgrounds.

But why stop there? Google says you can even change the color of the sky, if you please.

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