The camera never lied... until artificial intelligence told it to

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The phone's artificial intelligence software was using data from its "training" on many other pictures of the Moon to add detail where there was none..

The feature, first released in 2020, claims a 100x zoom rate, and Samsung used sparkling clear images of the Moon in its marketing...

Samsung has defended the technology, saying it does not "overlay" images, and pointed out that users can switch off the function...

The firm is not alone in the race to pack its smartphone cameras with AI - Google's Pixel devices and Apple's iPhone have been marketing such features since 2016...