iOS 27’s new Spatial Reframing tool puts ‘random dude’ into Redditor’s photo — proving that the AI Photos feature still has major limits

A Redditor tried out iOS 27’s new Spatial Reframing tool on their iPhone The feature added a ‘random dude’ who wasn’t in the original picture It highlights the limits of AI image-editing tools Apple’s iOS 27 update has just been released to the public, and it comes with an artificial intelligence (A

<![CDATA[ <article> <ul><li><strong>A Redditor tried out iOS 27’s new Spatial Reframing tool on their iPhone</strong></li><li><strong>The feature added a ‘random dude’ who wasn’t in the original picture</strong></li><li><strong>It highlights the limits of AI image-editing tools</strong></li></ul><p>Apple’s <a href="https://www.techradar.com/phones/ios/ive-been-using-ios-27-for-3-months-already-these-are-the-5-best-features-arriving-on-your-iphone-today">iOS 27 update</a> has just been released to the public, and it comes with an <a href="https://www.techradar.com/best/best-ai-tools">artificial intelligence (AI)</a> tool called <a href="https://www.techradar.com/phones/ios/spatial-reframing-in-ios-27-might-finally-turn-me-into-a-photo-pro-heres-how-it-works-and-why-it-could-be-your-iphones-secret-storage-weapon">Spatial Reframing</a> that lets you adjust the angle of your photos after they’ve been taken. But as one Redditor discovered, the feature has limitations and could potentially do with a little more time in the oven. </p><p>Posting on social media, Reddit user <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/ios/comments/1wggsnx/the_ai_reframe_feature_stuck_a_random_dude_into/" target="_blank">friendofmany</a> claimed that iOS 27’s Spatial Reframing tool added a “random dude” into their photo of a horse. The person in the accompanying image was not someone known to the poster and was instead a total hallucination dreamed up by the AI — a “full rando,” in the user’s words. </p><p>The Redditor went on to explain that the original photo showed a “tiny bit of hat peeking out behind the horse.” When they moved the focal point of the image using Spatial Reframing, that scrap of headgear was fleshed out into a completely non-existent human. </p><p>And while it’s an amusing example of AI losing its way, it aptly showcases the weaknesses of the current tech.</p><h2 id="getting-fast-and-loose-with-reality">Getting fast and loose with reality</h2><figure><blockquote class="reddit-card" ><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/ios/comments/1wggsnx/the_ai_reframe_feature_stuck_a_random_dude_into">The AI reframe feature stuck a random dude into my photo.</a><figcaption><cite> from <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/ios">r/ios</a></cite></figcaption></blockquote></figure><script async src="//embed.redditmedia.com/widgets/platform.js" charset="UTF-8"></script><p>Once you activate Spatial Reframing in iOS 27, you can drag a photo with your finger and the angle of the shot changes accordingly. Apple says this lets you create a more satisfying composition without having to go back and try to capture the moment all over again. </p><p>However, this process necessarily means that the AI has to fill in some blanks. If your edits mean the camera now appears to have been pointing in a new direction, Apple’s AI has to get a little creative with what’s in the image. In this case, it seemingly went completely off the rails by dreaming up a person who doesn’t even exist. </p><p>It’s not just people where Spatial Reframing has the occasional blip. I’ve had plenty of experiences where the tool got a little too loose with its adjustments. That often occurred when I took a photo of a building or busy street, then tried tweaking the angle using Spatial Reframing — the AI would end up adding features to buildings (such as windows and ledges) that weren’t present in real life. </p><p>That’s unsurprising given the AI has to put <em>something</em> in the image, but it was still a little galling considering I was standing there and could see that the AI-edited picture simply didn’t reflect reality. </p><p>Back on Reddit, the case of the phantom horseman highlights what can go wrong when you start <a href="https://www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/gemini/i-rescued-this-photo-using-nano-banana-heres-how-to-salvage-an-image-using-the-best-ai-image-generation-tool">editing your photos with AI</a>. And with AI tools becoming ever-more prominent in both Apple’s <a href="https://www.techradar.com/news/best-iphone">best iPhones</a> and in daily life, it’s likely we’ll continue to see unsettling hallucinations like this. For now, though, it seems clear that Apple’s Spatial Reframing feature could do with a little more work, even as it makes its iOS 27 debut.</p><div data-widget-type="multimodelreview" data-widget-title="Today’s best iPhone deals" data-model-name="Apple iPhone 18 Pro Max,Apple iPhone 18 Pro,Apple iPhone Duo,Apple iPhone 17,Apple iPhone 17e,Apple iPhone Air"></div> </article> ]]>