Google Pulls Google Earth AI Image Generator After Fake Disaster Images Spark Backlash
The experimental feature lasted less than a day after users showed how it could create convincing images of fictional attacks, disasters and humanitarian crises. Google gave users an AI-powered way to transform real-world imagery—and the experiment was pulled almost as quickly as it arrived. The company temporarily rolled back a new image-generation feature in Google Earth less than 24 hours after its launch. The tool allowed users to create photorealistic scenes based on Google Earth’s satellite, aerial and 3D mapping data by entering written prompts. Google said it withdrew the feature after discovering that some generated images violated its...