Apple is enhancing its Photos app with new AI-driven features in iOS 27, which will be available on iPhones later this year. The company’s camera chief, Jon McCormack, emphasized that Apple is taking a more measured approach to AI integration compared to competitors. The new tools include Extend and Spatial Reframe, which allow users to expand the space around a photo or change its perspective by generating fake pixels. The camera ‘thinks’ about what should be there and then draws it in. Apple’s goal is to provide users with more control over their photos while maintaining the authenticity of the original moment. Source: wired
The Extend feature lets users add more space to their original image by generating fake pixels around the subject based on what the app believes should be there. However, the app is restricted to altering background elements and will not modify the main subject’s face. For instance, the Extend function only works once and expands the image by 25 percent, and users cannot save, edit, and infinitely extend it with AI. Additionally, Apple plans to integrate Google DeepMind’s SynthID technology later this year to add an invisible watermark indicating that images have been altered with generative AI. Any platforms where users share the photo may be able to flag it as AI-edited. Source: wired
McCormack stressed that Apple’s approach is to solve compositional issues that users may not have realized during the capture process, such as an unsightly plastic bag in the background or a photo taken too high up. The company is also working to minimize any hallucinations during digital adjustments by training AI models to avoid creating elements that shouldn’t be there. For example, if users try to extend a street scene, the app won’t assume there’s a car parked outside the original photo’s boundary and generate it. Source: wired
Source: wired
