Adobe Firefly generates photorealistic images from text prompts, allowing users to create stock-quality photographs of products, people, and scenes without a camera, directly competing with commercial product and stock photography.

Getty Images partnered with Nvidia to offer AI-generated stock photos through its platform, producing licensable photorealistic images that substitute for traditional stock photography shoots.

Google's AI-powered camera features in Pixel phones use computational photography to automatically adjust exposure, lighting, and composition in real time, and Magic Eraser removes unwanted subjects — automating decisions traditionally made by skilled photographers.