Samsung tried to promote the Galaxy S23's moon photos on Twitter – but the platform put up a disclaimer.
Samsung has emerged as a major player in the tech industry and has been offering quite a few snapshots for photography enthusiasts. Recently, Samsung tried to promote the Galaxy S23 's lunar landscape photos on Twitter . However, Twitter put a disclaimer on the company's advertising campaign!
Samsung itself in a scandal earlier this year when a convincing test resulted in many questioning the Galaxy S23 Ultra to take photos of the moon as “fake.” While that’s not exactly the case, Samsung hasn’t been able to get away with the idea, as the new Galaxy S23 Ultra Twitter ad is marked with a disclaimer.
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If you go on Twitter, one of the many ads you might see is from Samsung for the Galaxy S23 Ultra. The ad uses the Galaxy S23 Ultra, and specifically its ability to take pictures of the moon, as a key selling point, saying:
“There is no dark side of the moon with #GalaxyS23 Ultra. Capture your night sky and share it with us by replying to this thread with #ShareTheEpic.”
It’s a fairly innocent ad showcasing a unique feature of Samsung ’s phone , but the ad was quickly accompanied by a disclaimer. The disclaimer came from Twitter ’s “Community Notes” feature , which is used to display context in tweets, as reported by the majority of users. In this case, the “Note” in Samsung ’s tweet — which the company paid to promote to more people — read:
“Samsung phones digitally 'manipulate' photos of the moon to make them look clearer.”
It's a pretty awkward situation for Samsung, with this tweet being in front of millions of Twitter. At this point, it's not entirely clear if the ad is still running, but the original tweet is still live, even without the Note.
As we explained earlier this year, Samsung doesn’t actually “fake” its moon photos. The raw data captured by the sensor is used in conjunction with AI that reveal detail and clarity, often resulting in stunning images of the moon. Samsung has had this feature for a few years now, but it became a subject of controversy when users noticed that the same AI model was also applied to a photo of the moon. As we said, this test shows how effective the AI model is.
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Amid the controversy over moon photos, Samsung has provided an explanation for the Galaxy S21's AI-powered moon photo detection system . The company also revealed that users can take a natural shot of the moon by turning off the Scene Optimizer feature .
Source: 9to5google.com
