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'Sketch' Style Option Still Coming to Image Playground [Updated]

Whilst it seems innocuous enough, the results are hideous enough that there will be at some point in the next year reports of it being used for cyber bullying in schools.

Apple dropped the ball on this one. There is a reason Google put strict safeguards on Gemini not being able to generate anything involving an image of a real person or a caricatures. Sure you can describe them in depth with a prompt but the results are not the same.
 
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TwoBytes said:
Are there any example pictures of what sketch does?
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This is the Samsung AI version of Sketch. I am guessing it would have been something similar to this
 

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antiprotest said:
Why does tech writing use "drop" with opposite meanings? It can mean either cancel or release. Apple drops AirPower (cancel). Apple drops new iPad Pros (release). I remember it didn't use to be this way...say, 20 years ago? Before that, it might be used in music, as in so-and-so just dropped a new single.

EDIT: Oh, at least ChatGPT thinks I am right: "This usage likely started in the hip-hop world, where "dropping a new track" had the energetic connotation of unleashing it onto the world. In tech, this dual meaning has gradually caught on, especially as tech companies and media increasingly adopt pop culture language."

EDIT 2: I have seen tech writing use "drop" and "release" to mean "announced" too. Apple "drops" XYZ, meaning they announced it today and will be available in 4 to 6 months. That's also annoying.
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Isn't the expression "I'm dropping you" still around when ditching someone you've been hanging with?

Drop is one of those words that has been used for a myriad of things throughout history.

Boom! I drop the mic. 🤣
 
antiprotest said:
Why does tech writing use "drop" with opposite meanings? It can mean either cancel or release. Apple drops AirPower (cancel). Apple drops new iPad Pros (release). I remember it didn't use to be this way...say, 20 years ago? Before that, it might be used in music, as in so-and-so just dropped a new single.

EDIT: Oh, at least ChatGPT thinks I am right: "This usage likely started in the hip-hop world, where "dropping a new track" had the energetic connotation of unleashing it onto the world. In tech, this dual meaning has gradually caught on, especially as tech companies and media increasingly adopt pop culture language."

EDIT 2: I have seen tech writing use "drop" and "release" to mean "announced" too. Apple "drops" XYZ, meaning they announced it today and will be available in 4 to 6 months. That's also annoying.
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I didn’t realise it had any alternative use other than as per this article. I’ve been misunderstanding many things.
 
revfife said:
Apple under Cook is the best at over promising and under delivering.

Hardware and Software.

Apple Intelligence looks and feels like they have absolutely no clue how AI works.
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Cmon, mac m4 upgrade is under delivering?
 
I think it's quite likely Apple have just pushed back the feature slightly, and are being tidy with their website.

As it's technically an element of a feature, which itself is on track, it's probably harder to label it with 'coming soon' or a date as they do on full features.

I thought it demoed well, and you could see its use in Notes could be useful for school pupils or to make text notes more visual.
 
antiprotest said:
Why does tech writing use "drop" with opposite meanings? It can mean either cancel or release. Apple drops AirPower (cancel). Apple drops new iPad Pros (release). I remember it didn't use to be this way...say, 20 years ago? Before that, it might be used in music, as in so-and-so just dropped a new single.

EDIT: Oh, at least ChatGPT thinks I am right: "This usage likely started in the hip-hop world, where "dropping a new track" had the energetic connotation of unleashing it onto the world. In tech, this dual meaning has gradually caught on, especially as tech companies and media increasingly adopt pop culture language."

EDIT 2: I have seen tech writing use "drop" and "release" to mean "announced" too. Apple "drops" XYZ, meaning they announced it today and will be available in 4 to 6 months. That's also annoying.
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You know this year Apple dropped a new Mac minI, lighting ports, and Apple Intelligence
 
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Good, now drop the other two /j

Kidding aside they need to do a better job with image gen, it creates monstrosities on par with the infamous Dall-e Mini/CrAIyon

Genmojis are awesome tho
 
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I can see sketch for the iPads but I don’t know how on earth you would sketch anything other than stick figures using your thumb on an iPhone.
 
I’d love to be annoyed by this, but I’m still on the stupid waitlist.
 
macdaddy43 said:
I can see sketch for the iPads but I don’t know how on earth you would sketch anything other than stick figures using your thumb on an iPhone.
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I don't think you would be sketching anything. You would describe an image in words, and it would produce a sketched drawing of the image you described.
 
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Vaporware. Apple introduces something, tells you to buy a device that will be able to do it, removes feature. I don't really care about this particular feature, but Apple's new thing of trying to sell you stuff that doensn't exist yet is despicable.
 
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