Google Earth paused its AI imagery feature after concerns about deepfakes; the feature allowed users to generate fabricated satellite images using a text prompt.
Read the original at www.theverge.com→A text prompt was all it took to generate reality-warping images using Google Earth's satellite, aerial, and 3D imagery with a now-rolled back AI feature, like these images generated by Digital Digging's Henk van Ess...
Original headline: "Here’s the problem with putting an AI image generator in Google Earth"
Coverage timeline
- Jul 31, 16:06 UTC Hacker News (AI) Google Earth's New AI Lets Anyone Fabricate Satellite Images
- Jul 31, 17:05 UTC The Verge AI lead source Here’s the problem with putting an AI image generator in Google Earth
- Jul 31, 18:53 UTC Hacker News (AI) Google pauses AI satellite images, after fears of deepfakes in the sky
- Jul 31, 19:13 UTC The Verge AI Google Earth’s AI deepfake tool only lasted one day
- Jul 31, 19:47 UTC TechCrunch AI Google nixes its Earth AI feature one day after launch, amid criticism it would spread misinformation
- Aug 1, 13:02 UTC Hacker News (AI) Google kills Earth AI generator after one day
- Aug 1, 19:09 UTC Hacker News (AI) GenAI Added to Google Earth
- Aug 2, 21:17 UTC Hacker News (AI) Google Removes New Earth AI Tool a Day After Users Create Fake Disasters