Here’s the problem with putting an AI image generator in Google Earth
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An AI feature in Google Earth allowed users to generate altered images from text prompts, creating misleading representations like refugees near the Mexican border. Google has since rolled back this feature, emphasizing its commitment to combating misinformation.
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A text prompt was all it took to generate reality-warping images using Google Earth's satellite, aerial, and 3D imagery with a now-rolled back AI feature, like these images generated by Digital Digging's Henk van Ess that show "refugees near the Mexican border" and a bomb crater near a hospital in Gaza. Google initially responded to Digital Digging's AI-altered images, saying, "We take misinformation seriously - every image created with Nano Banana in Google Earth includes the SynthID digital w
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