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WASHINGTON, Aug 1 — Google rolled back yesterday a new feature allowing Google Earth users to generate AI visualisations on top of the service’s satellite imagery, following a...

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Google Earth was built to show reality, then AI started making things up

Google rolled back its generative-AI image tool for Google Earth within 24 hours, after researchers and OSINT experts warned the feature could create convincing fake satellite imagery at scale. The move reveals a critical tension for tech leaders: integrating foundation models into trusted infrastructure risks eroding reference credibility—undermining security intelligence, compliance verification, and fact-checking workflows that depend on data integrity.

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Google Earth was built to show reality, then AI started making things up

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Google Earth was built to show reality, then AI started making things up

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