Samsung’s new image-generating AI tool is a little too good
![A photo of an intersection with colorful mural on the ground and a large AI-generated orange cat lying down.](https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/MRmy807boxsVS7L8xZzh-XnDT0E=/0x333:4000x3000/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/73465420/20240712_102615.0.jpg)
The pirate ship in Elliott Bay was one thing, but it was a little blurry bee that sent me over the edge.
Samsung would very much like us (and its shareholders) to know that its new phones are the AI-est phones that ever AI-ed, and the Fold 6 that I’m testing comes with a new tool called “sketch to image.” Draw a rough sketch on a photo or an empty note page, and it will use generative AI to turn that thing into an image. I shrugged it off as just another AI thing when Samsung announced it onstage at Unpacked — but y’all, it’s really good. So good that it worries me a little.
Using the sketch to image tool in a note is pretty harmless: you draw something, highlight it, and choose from a handful of styles like “3D cartoon” and...