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New Facebook feature lets AI loose on your camera roll – should you opt in?
News Facebook’s latest AI feature offers to surface your best photos. But for photographers, it raises deeper questions about trust
Chasing followers, not photographs: how social media is reshaping photography
Opinion As likes and reels become a measure of authority, the craft of photography risks being sidelined
Is Irys the photo-sharing app that FINALLY does what a photo-sharing app should do?
Opinion Tired of the video-first algorithm? Street photographer Alan Schaller's new social media app, Irys, is a dedicated, ad-free space bringing the focus back on stills photography
Did anyone even ask for this? Meta now has a video feed exclusively for AI content – but what I really want is a feed dedicated to NON-AI content
OPINION Hey Meta, now that you have a feed just for AI, could you please give me a toggle to get AI off my Instagram and Facebook feed?
Sorry, photographers, but Instagram is about to become even more video-focused as the platform hits three billion users
INSTAGRAM Instagram credits the three billion user milestone to DMs, Reels, and recommendations
A deal to save TikTok in the US is in the works. But an algorithm rewrite and vague deal details leaves more questions than answers
TIKTOK The potential deal would leave US data in the US and retrain the TikTok algorithm
YouTube just gave creators a glimpse into the future – and it includes both using AI to create and to fight deepfakes
YOUTUBE YouTube just unveiled a long list of new features across Studio, Shorts, Live, and more – and AI remains a key theme
Instagram finally has an iPad app – but it’s focused on videos, not photos
INSTAGRAM The long-awaited Instagram iPad app is here, but its design is decidedly focused on videos
