Google Just Ruined One of Its Most Important Tools

Google Earth was a boon for researchers—and then came the deepfakes.
CNET

Google Quickly Rolls Back a Feature That Could Make Deepfake Satellite Images

Google Earth's AI image generator let me put my dream home in Central Park, but other potential uses aren't so innocent.

Google nixes its Earth AI feature one day after launch, amid criticism it would spread misinformation

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

Google Pulls Down Feature for AI-Generating Fake Satellite Images on Google Earth After It’s Immediately Used to Fake Terror Attacks

Google is adding an image generation tool straight into Google Earth, allowing anyone to fabricate made-up satellite images.

Here’s the problem with putting an AI image generator in Google Earth

Now a text prompt is all it takes to generate reality-warping images using Google Earth’s satellite, aerial, and 3D imagery, ...