{"id":3309,"date":"2026-07-31T23:13:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T19:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/google-earths-ai-deepfake-tool-only-lasted-one-day\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T23:13:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T19:13:29","slug":"google-earths-ai-deepfake-tool-only-lasted-one-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/google-earths-ai-deepfake-tool-only-lasted-one-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Earth\u2019s AI deepfake tool only lasted one day"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tPompeii reimagined with Nano Banana 2 in Google Earth. | Image: Google\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n

Google has shut down Google Earth feature it launched Thursday that allowed users to edit satellite images with text prompts using AI. The tool essentially let users create AI deepfakes of the real world using text prompts; Digital Digging<\/em>‘s Henk van Ess, for example, intentionally generated<\/a> images adding things like refugees near the Mexican border and a bomb crater by a hospital in Gaza. On Thursday, Google’s initial response<\/a> to van Ess noted that images generated with Nano Banana 2 in Google Earth included a digital watermark and that the company prevented \u00ab\u00a0image creation on harmful topics.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n

One day later, Google’s new statement<\/a> says tha \u2026<\/p>\n

Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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