> iPhones, no, there's no AI replacement or synthesis of objects from the camera

This is AI. Its not generative AI if that is what you mean, but it is AI altering the image and adding things that wasn't there, usually its fine sometimes it fails horribly and make the picture totally different.

https://x.com/mitchcohen/status/1476351601862483968

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moonu 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

https://x.com/mitchcohen/status/1476951534160257026?s=20 The replies explain that it was a leaf obscuring the face

	▲	Jensson an hour ago \| parent [-]
		But it used AI to stitch that onto the body, a raw camera shot wouldn't look like that.

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jshier an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

No, that's not AI in the context you were claiming. They use ML techniques and ML-optimized algorithms for their image processing, which can be claimed under the general AI umbrella, but they certainly aren't generating elements of the images captures by the camera app, which is what you meant. The leaf example given in sibling comment has long been debunked, and it's literally the only example of generative content injection claimed for the iPhone camera.