A new generative AI video model made for high-end film and animation studios has been released but unlike many machine learning programs, this one claims it has been exclusively trained on ethical data. [Read More]

A court in eastern China has ruled that an AI-generated image is eligible for copyright protection. The ruling from Jiangsu province is the second such decision from mainland China where an AI-generated picture has been afforded protection. [Read More]

After Blue Ghost successfully landed on the Moon at the beginning of March, it has now been spotted by an orbiting NASA spacecraft. [Read More]

After two scrubbed attempts on March 8 and 10, NASA and SpaceX finally launched NASA’s new SPHEREx space telescope aboard a Falcon 9 rocket late on March 11. [Read More]

Tusk and ShiftCam teamed up to create the Cinema Series: the world’s first commercial-grade mobile lens and filter system. [Read More]

Fujifilm’s upcoming GFX Eterna cinema camera remains mostly under wraps. First announced last November, very little has been shared about the camera since. However, speaking to PetaPixel at CP+ in February, the company confirmed two more features. [Read More]

The Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards 2025 competition is open to entries. To celebrate the 2025 contest’s opening, the organizers shared a smattering of never-before-seen entries from the incredible 2024 contest, which photographer Milko Marchetti won with his hilarious photo of an adventurous squirrel temporarily stuck in a tree. [Read More]

If photography is a custodian of collective memory, then Jessica Brandi Lifland has a high calling. [Read More]

In 2005, Sony Bravia filmed a striking ad for its televisions featuring a quarter of a million colorful bouncy balls hopping down the steep streets of San Francisco. [Read More]

This week on The PetaPixel Podcast, the team is joined by David Imel to talk about the Sigma BF and why Chris Niccolls — who laments the many things cut out to make it “radically simple” — might be wrong. [Read More]