The Verge·4 min read·medium
Here’s the problem with putting an AI image generator in Google Earth
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Stevie Bonifield
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Google Earth's new AI image generation feature, Nano Banana, is facing criticism for its potential to create realistic misinformation. Experts warn that despite digital watermarking, the tool can be used to generate deceptive imagery of sensitive global events.
Now a text prompt is all it takes to generate reality-warping images using Google Earth’s satellite, aerial, and 3D imagery, like these images generated by Digital Digging’s Henk van Ess that show “refugees near the Mexican border” and a bomb crater near a hospital in Gaza.
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