Photo magazine's AI-generated cover just sent shivers down my spine

AI image generation has been causing huge controversy among illustrators, and now it looks set to do the same in photography. Until now, much of the focus of generative AI's abilities has been on illustration, but a popular French photography magazine has demonstrated just how far the technology has come when it comes to generating photorealistic images.

It's put an AI-generated image on the front of its latest edition, and most readers will struggle to tell that the image isn't real. See if you can guess which of these it is (and see our piece on how to use DALL-E 2 for more on how text-to-image AI works).

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Joseph Foley

Joe is a regular freelance journalist and editor at Creative Bloq. He writes news and features, updates buying guides and keeps track of the best equipment for creatives, from monitors to accessories and office supplies. A writer and translator, he also works as a project manager at London and Buenos Aires-based design, production and branding agency Hermana Creatives, where he manages a team of designers, photographers and video editors who specialise in producing photography, video content, graphic design and collaterals for the hospitality sector. He enjoys photography, particularly nature photography, wellness and he dances Argentine tango.