Xiaomi 17 Ultra's AI Mistook the Sun for the Moon During Eclipse
Eclipse: The Xiaomi 17 Ultra Confuses the Moon and the Sun
During the August 12 eclipse, the Xiaomi 17 Ultra's camera AI mistakenly applied its moon-enhancement algorithm to photos of the sun, adding lunar craters and details. This reveals how smartphone makers use AI to fake moon photos, a trick that backfires during eclipses. Other users reported similar issues, highlighting the extent of AI-generated imagery in smartphone photography.
The system clearly messed up and shows without a doubt that it does use the trick mentioned above for zoomed moon photos in normal times.
- IvanK_net
In the future, it might be extremely hard to find a camera which records exactly what is in front of it :D
- Alexander-Barth
Interestingly, one of their AI filters is actually called "Super Moon":
4.14.3 Camera Image Optimization
The camera image optimization AI algorithm is mainly used in the following camera features: Super Moon, AI Camera, Document Mode, Front Portrait Mode with Background Blurring, and Beautify.
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- ionwake
I still struggle with the idea that the chinese olympics had both CGI fireworks and real firework footage mixed together.
I cant fathom how this was a "if they know it doesnt matter at all" situation.
A complete acceptance of real / fake, who cares its about stuff looking great.
I mean I can be told it but I cant understand why you would waste millions on real works just to have fake ones, why not just go all fake? If its a half way house then does no one care what is real?
IE on linkedin somany AI videos with thousands of comments and likes and I become lost on ... do most poeple just not care if its real or not? I dont think they do at all. Am I mad to care?
Its very easy to say well everyone uses filters and they are not real. And its true! But somewhere and I have no idea where, there seems tobe a line for me where I say no, thats not cricket, you cant just replace part of an image with a template of something else. I have no idea tho any thoughts appreciated.
- Taniwha
I wonder if it gets the moon the right way up in the southern hemisphere
- swiftcoder
It remains incredibly funny that they never turned off this "fake moon" feature after being caught the first time