We can't say that "the camera never lies" so it would be ethical and smart for tourism folks and travel creators to always fully disclose AI travel photos:
https://perceptivetravel.com/blog/2026/08/26/ai-travel-photos-transparency/
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I used AI to restore a 1920s photo of my grandmother. It gave me a clear face, but of a complete stranger.
How can an image become clearer yet less accurate? Generative tools don't reveal data; they invent it. To an outsider, it looks perfect. To family, identity is lost.
We explore the limits of AI photo restoration and how to preserve history without losing the truth.
https://www.movetheneedle.news/brands/mtn-weekend--the-face-ai-couldn-t-bring-back/
#GenerativeAI #AI #technology #photography #ethics #digital #preservation #art
Stanford apologizes after using generative AI to alter students’ appearances – Annenberg Media https://www.byteseu.com/2407046/ #AI #apology #appearance #artificalintelligence #ArtificialIntelligence #campus #ethics #generative #standford #Student #students
NEW: Oregon’s top housing official failed to report her husband’s involvement with projects that her agency funds.
She disclosed this only after we asked.
“In a perfect world, we wouldn’t need ProPublica for this kind of thing,” a former official said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/oregon-housing-director-husband-conflict?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
NEW: Records show Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security.
We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to state business.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ken-paxton-travel-security-costs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #KenPaxton #Texas #TX #USPolitics #Security #Travel #Money #Ethics
NEW: A private-equity executive took a top Pentagon role to help secure weapons contracts and critical minerals for the Department of Defense.
After he joined, a firm he has ties to began landing major military contracts.
https://www.propublica.org/article/george-kollitides-pentagon-contracts-alvarez-marsal?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Pentagon #Defense #Government #USPolitics #Law #Ethics #PrivateEquity #Military