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Man Clicks Total Solar Eclipse With Xiaomi 17 Ultra Gets A Supermoon Instead Triggering Samsung Memes

Summary by Mashable
It had one job! What a bummer for consumers being pampered with AI enhancement. Why can’t mobile cameras go old school?

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Xiaomi's camera became the protagonist of a curious situation during a solar eclipse: under certain conditions, the Supermoon mode of the brand's smartphones would have applied details that belong to the Moon on the Sun's disk. The result is a visually impressive photograph, but potentially distant from what was actually in front of the lens. The episode involving advanced devices, such as Xiaomi 17 Ultra, rekindles a discussion that accompanies…

Read the full article on stephaneLarue.com The August 12 eclipse revealed an AI bug on the Xiaomi 17 Ultra: several photos of the masked Sun turned into an artificial moon.

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Mashable broke the news in New York, United States on Thursday, August 13, 2026.
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