Samsung responded that Galaxy S23 Ultra was accused of "faking" the moon: no image overlay was performed on the picture.
CTOnews.com, March 15 (Xinhua) recently, photos of the moon taken by Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra phone have sparked a heated discussion on the Internet. There are several reports that Samsung used AI image overlay technology to make the moon look clearer and real. A Reddit user recently showed how Samsung overcalculates moon photos. Judging from the photos, the netizen seems to be right, because it is impossible for the phone's small camera sensor to capture so many details. However, Samsung insists it did not do any P-map processing of the moon photos.
In response to the allegations of fake moon photos, Samsung told TomsGuide: "Samsung is committed to providing the best photo experience under any conditions." When the user shoots the moon, the AI-based scene optimization technology will identify the moon as the main subject and synthesize multiple frames, and then AI will enhance the image quality and color detail. It does not apply any image overlay (image overlaying) to photos. Users can turn off AI-based scene optimization, which disables automatic detail enhancement of photos taken by users. "
In other words, Samsung denied any suggestion that Galaxy S23 Ultra used AI-based image overlay technology to enhance the details of moon photos. The company says users can turn off AI-based scene optimization in camera settings, which will disable detail enhancement of photos taken by users.
There is no conclusive evidence to prove whether Samsung used AI-based image overlay technology for moon photos. However, CTOnews.com noted that another photographer, Fahim Al Mahmud Ashik, showed how to use any modern high-end phone, including the Apple iPhone 14 Pro and one plus 11, to take clearly visible pictures of the moon. The photographer released a full video showing how he took the pictures, which means that many brands are forging pictures of the moon, or none of them.
With regard to the controversy, no matter what Samsung says, Galaxy S23 Ultra does use artificial intelligence to increase the details of lunar photos. However, Samsung does not use completely different lunar images to forge photos. To put it simply, the lunar photos you take with your Galaxy S23 Ultra phone are not Photoshop-processed.
