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Google Earth Quickly Retracts AI Tool for Creating Fake Satellite Images

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Google Earth briefly launched an AI feature that let users generate custom satellite-style images of real locations using its Nano Banana 2 image generator. The company promoted it as a way to create concepts grounded in real-world Earth imagery. After users shared examples demonstrating the potential for misinformation and disinformation, Google quickly retracted the tool.

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