The Galaxy S26’s photo app can sloppify your memories

Samsung's updated Photo Assist on the Galaxy S26 introduces natural language AI editing, following Google's lead but with a more explicit embrace of altering reality. The reviewer found that the tool has strong guardrails, successfully blocking prompts for harmful content like 'fire' or 'dead body,' and the edits themselves are often not very good, leading to what the author terms 'slop.' Examples include successfully adding the Backstreet Boys to a photo of a tech keynote at the Sphere, though the result was cartoonish, and convincingly placing a child in an outer space background. However, features like adding a subject from a source image are inconsistent, sometimes cloning the subject instead. Ultimately, the tool excels at minor cleanups but degrades overall image quality slightly, leaving a telltale glossiness. The article concludes by referencing Samsung's view that photography is communication, suggesting Photo Assist is designed for minor embellishments, leaving users to determine their personal threshold for acceptable AI 'slop.'

(Source：The Verge)