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Google nixes its Earth AI feature one day after launch, amid criticism it would spread misinformation
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Lucas Ropek
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Google has withdrawn a new AI image generation feature for Google Earth just one day after its launch due to concerns regarding the potential for misinformation. Critics argued that allowing users to superimpose AI-generated images onto satellite maps could be easily abused.
Google rolled out a new feature on Thursday that allowed users to deploy Nano Banana 2, its AI image generator, to create fabricated images inside its satellite imagery mapping app Google Earth. The whole point of this feature, Google said, was to get creative with geography.
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