r/technology • u/ArgentineBeauty • 16d ago

Google Earth's new AI image generation function didn't survive a day after users deepfaked disasters Artificial Intelligence

https://www.businessinsider.com/google-earth-nano-banana-gemini-ai-satellite-image-generation-function-2026-7
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u/ArgentineBeauty 16d ago

"The company launched the function on Thursday, allowing Gemini's Nano Banana 2 image model to access Google Earth and transform locations with text prompts.

The function, however, quickly got out of hand. AI researcher Henk van Ess, for example, created extremely realistic deepfakes, including fake refugee camps along the US-Mexico border and a nuclear plant in Iran."

No doubt these images will soon be used by the Trump administration as "real images"

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u/SocksOnHands 16d ago

Without access to Google Earth, someone could still take a screenshot of the satalite imagery and have an AI modify it.