VSCO, the company behind the very popular lightroom film presets and the popular image sharing app, has quietly shuttered their NY office and laid off the employees staffing it. The move comes as the company looks to centralize and expand operations at its Oakland California Headquarters.
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The use of artificial intelligence is getting more mainstream day by day, with many camera manufacturers and software makers incorporating the technology to improve image making. An example is Sony's a1 II, where the company utilized an AI chip to help improve autofocus performance.
In a recent terms of use update, VSCO is now requiring folks who upload images to be more transparent about whether or not generative AI is being used. The platform, which has seen quite a bit of growth in the past year, has made this move with language that it claims provides protection to the community and photographers.
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