Sony Attempts Damage Control on AI Camera Assistant After Viral Backlash — 'Marketing Team Messed Up the Images'

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After Sony's official before/after comparison shots for the Xperia 1 VIII AI Camera Assistant showed overexposed, washed-out results that went viral, Nothing CEO Carl Pei piled on asking if it was 'engagement farming.' Sony clarified the feature suggests 4 camera settings in different creative directions rather than editing photos, and admitted 'the management team messed up the marketing images.' The incident became a cautionary tale about AI feature marketing when the demo undermines the product.