Google pulled a generative image feature from Google Earth within a day of its July 30 launch, after users created fake satellite scenes including a nuclear plant in Iran and a bomb crater near a Gaza hospital. The feature let users type prompts at real coordinates and blend AI-generated photorealistic scenes into satellite imagery. Google said it would return with "stronger guardrails." The Gemini AI model had previously been used to fake satellite evidence.
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