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Getty Images has launched a new service for iStock customers, leveraging generative AI to create new, licensable images and artwork.

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Welcome back to Week in Review. I missed you! This week, we’re diving into all the gadgets and announcements out of this year’s CES, Meta’s decision to roll back its fact-checking program, TikTok’s response to employees affected by the California wildfires, and more! Let’s do this.CES 2025 came and went this week. The event featured keynotes from the big players in tech like Nvidia, Samsung, Toyota, and more. In addition to that, there were, of course, the expected gadgets, gizmos, and interesting AI claims out on the show floor. Our team of reporters were on the ground, and you can catch up on everything that caught our eye at this year’s show right here.Meta is overhauling its content moderation policies that it created in response to criticism that it had helped spread political and health misinformation. The company is getting rid of its third-party fact-checking program in favor of an X-like Community Notes model, which critics see as an attempt to cater to the incoming Trump administration

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Getty Images is buying Shutterstock to create a $3.7 billion visual content company. The companies said Tuesday that they have complementary portfolios, and the transaction creates a broader set of visual content products across still imagery, video, music, 3D and other asset types.

Getty Images buying Shutterstock to create a $3.7 billion visual content company

Getty Images explores merger with rival Shutterstock.

Getty Images Explores Merger With Rival Shutterstock

Cesar Conde ignited the gathering with his powerful words, inspiring everyone present. "I believe strongly in the capacity of our Latino community. To overcome any challenge. And for us at the NBC Universal News Group, we feel a tremendous responsibility to play a role and help ensure that our country thrives. Tonight, I'd like to recognize and dedicate this award to the journalists. To the people who have dedicated their lives to doing the difficult work of helping us all understand the complex world that we live in."

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The company also expanded its capabilities in generative AI through partnerships, such as its collaboration with Getty Images in 2023 to develop a new AI tool.

Nvidia's Journey To The Top With $3.5 Trillion Market Capitalization: How The AI Chip Giant Transformed Post-COVID

TikTok has partnered with Getty Images to provide advertisers access to a vast collection of licensed content for AI-generated advertisements.

TikTok, Getty Images partner for AI ads

A growing crop of AI photography tools is promising to help online retailers create new kinds of product images at a fraction of traditional studio costs. The technology, exemplified by Nextech3D.AI’s new virtual photography platform, is part of a broader industry shift that analysts say could revolutionize how eCommerce visuals are produced. It could save retailers money while enabling features like instant 360-degree views and real-time image customization. Brands are rapidly adopting these AI imaging tools, marking what experts call a fundamental shift in how online products are presented to consumers. “eCommerce is booming, but the struggle for bringing the in-store experience to the virtual world has always been the challenge,” Andrew Cussens, owner and CEO of FilmFolk, a professional film and photography studio, told PYMNTS. “That is where AI and 3D graphics have tremendous potential to transform online commerce and customer experiences.”

Ai Photography Wave Reshapes Ecommerce Visuals

This is a guest post by Kabindra Shakya, associate professor of environmental science at Villanova University, and Aimee Eggler, associate professor of biochemistry at Villanova University. A version of this article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.The air quality in the City Hall subway station in downtown Philadelphia is much worse than on the sidewalks directly above the station. That is a key finding of our new study published in the Journal of Exposure Science  Environmental Epidemiology.We are an environmental scientist and a biochemist who assessed the air quality at the 15th Street-City Hall station in Philadelphia. We focused on this station because our previous study found it to have the highest levels of particulate matter among 12 Philly subway stations we measured on the busy Market-Frankford or Broad Street lines.Most concerning, we found that there was about 10 times more black carbon inside the station than at street level. Black carbon, which is commonly called soot, is a major component of fine particulate air pollution. It is emitted from incomplete combustion of fossil fuels and biomass burning, and inhaling it is associated with adverse health effects such as asthma, heart attacks and lung cancer.Our findings suggest that the black carbon is being generated by the subway system itself

Air Pollution Inside Philly’S Subway Is Much Worse Than On The Streets

Southern University and A&M College- Baton Rouge have also announced a partnership with Getty Images to preserve and amplify content that tells the story of Southern.

HBCU Week: New Partnership Aims to Illuminate Legacy

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