Google Earth’s AI feature fiasco and takedown | Explained
Google recently launched and quickly withdrew an AI feature for Google Earth that allowed users to generate custom imagery over satellite maps. The company pulled the tool after users exploited it to create deepfake satellite images, raising significant safety and misinformation concerns.
The story so far: A new AI feature launched by Google in late July remained active for around a day before it was pulled down by the company, amidst serious safety and misinformation concerns. The launch of the feature and its quick rollback showed how easily even casual internet users broke past Google’s enterprise-level safeguards in order to create deepfake satellite images, in spite of the risks they pose.
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