Eine kurzfristig in Google Earth aktive KI-Funktion hatte ermöglicht, beliebige Bilder zu generieren. Das Potential für Fake News war groß.

"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…

The feature generated believable — but edited — images of the real world.