Sony’s explanation for its embarrassing AI photos just leaves more questions

• Sony recently experienced backlash over the Xperia 1 VIII’s new AI Camera Assistant feature.
• In comparison shots shared by the company, all of the AI’s suggestions looked more washed out and overexposed than the originals.
• Sony has now responded with an explanation of the tool and new examples.

You may have seen it by now, but Sony managed to bring the internet together to dunk on its new AI Camera Assistant feature for the recently launched Xperia 1 VIII. The disbelief in the marketing was so great that it had everyone from Carl Pei to Marques Brownlee making jokes. After the intense backlash, Sony has now offered a response.

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