The "create image" tool, unveiled Thursday, had integrated Google's Nano Banana 2 image-generation technology into Google Earth, letting users zoom into locations and build pictures in seconds based on the program's satellite, aerial and 3D-mapping data.

Google Earth can now generate AI images of any real place — live worldwide today, web only.

Google Earth can now generate AI images of any real place — live worldwide today, web only.

Criticism mounts over potential for users to manipulate satellite imagery