Google 'rolls back' new Earth AI tool following misinformation fears

GOOGLE has rolled back its new Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool that allowed people to create fake scenarios on top of real-life satellite imagery after it faced criticism for potentially spreading misinformation ...

Google ⁠has put the brakes on an AI image-generation feature it had introduced ​in Google Earth ‌just a day earlier, after users shared images that appeared to violate the company’s policies.

Google announced it is rolling back its new AI feature within Google Earth after users generated images that violate the company's policies.

The "create image" tool had integrated Google's Nano Banana 2 image-generation technology into Google Earth, letting users zoom into locations and build pictures based on the program's satellite and 3D-mapping data

Users shared images that appeared to violate the company’s policies.

Alphabet rolls back AI image generation in Google Earth over policy violations  Reuters

July 31 : Alphabet's Google said on Friday it was rolling back an AI image-generation feature it had introduced in Google Earth just a day ago, after users shared images that appeared to violate the company's policies.The feature, powered by Google's Nano Banana 2 AI model, had allowed users to generate photorealistic

Google rolled back a new feature on Friday that allowed Google Earth users to generate AI visualisations on top of the service’s satellite imagery, following a furious backlash from researchers and open-source intelligence experts about the potential for disinformation. “We’ve seen geospatial professionals using this f

“What on earth is Google doing?” Misinformation fears spur walk-back of AI tool.

Security experts say generative tools risk eroding trust in satellite images used to verify conflict damage and incidents

A tool that allowed anyone to generate fake AI-generated imagery and superimpose it over real Google Earth maps quickly spurred backlash.

Pompeii reimagined with Nano Banana 2 in Google Earth. | Image: Google Google has shut down Google Earth feature it launched Thursday that allowed users to edit satellite images with text prompts using AI. The tool essentially let users create AI deepfakes of the real world using text prompts; Digital Digging's Henk

People had less than a day to make misleading Google Earth images with AI before Google pulled the feature.

Experts tell BBC Verify Google's new feature which lets people generate fake satellite images could be misused.