Samsung under fire for automatically enhancing moon photos

Some Samsung users were outraged after discovering that their smartphone’s “Space Zoom” camera tool uses artificial intelligence techniques to improve moon photos.

After one user conducted an experiment that went viral, the company responded, acknowledging that it uses artificial intelligence to allow for better pictures.

Faced with this controversy, the South Korean firm was keen to react, by publishing an explanatory article on its blog.

Samsung said that if the “scene optimizer” feature on the camera is turned off, it produces a blurry image of the moon.

One user called the Space Zoom lens images “fake” because they “add details that aren’t there.”

Users have accused Samsung of being “deceptive” in its marketing, with the company claiming that the new lens “can focus on objects or people from a further distance.”