Google has taken down a day-old feature that allowed users of Google Earth to generate AI images, with the rollback coming after people online shared deepfake images of terrorist attacks and other forms of destruction.

"Tonight I typed just one sentence into Google Earth and put refugees near the Mexican border. Then I planted a nuclear plant in Iran. Then I put a fatal crash on a street in…

It’s easier than ever to deepfake satellite images.

Criticism mounts over potential for users to manipulate satellite imagery