{"id":841939,"date":"2026-08-03T13:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T13:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/841939\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T13:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T13:58:08","slug":"googles-ai-image-generation-in-google-earth-literally-became-disastrous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/841939\/","title":{"rendered":"Google’s AI Image Generation In Google Earth Literally Became Disastrous"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google added AI image generation to their Google Earth product, expecting people would use it to visualize what a garden might look like on an empty lot. The Internet used it to generate images of disasters and bombs exploding in various cities. Google quickly pulled the feature.<\/p>\n

Google published a statement on their official News From Google account and added an update to their official Google Earth announcement:<\/p>\n

\u201cUpdate, 7\/31:
We know that people uniquely trust Google Earth for a reliable view of the world. We\u2019ve seen geospatial professionals using this feature for a range of useful purposes, however we\u2019ve also seen people sharing screenshots of generated imagery that appear to violate our policies.<\/p>\n

So we\u2019re rolling back this feature in Google Earth while we work on implementing stronger guardrails. It\u2019s important to note that generated images didn\u2019t appear in the main Google Earth experience for others to see and were watermarked as AI generated.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Stronger guardrails is what that feature should have had from the beginning. Many on X (formerly Twitter) questioned how out of touch Google engineers have to be to release such a thing without proper guardrails.<\/p>\n

One user tweeted<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cYou guys are living in a complete bubble. Step outside Silicon Valley for two seconds and you\u2019ll realize no actual human wants AI sludge crammed into every corner of every product. Touch grass. Talk to actual people.\u201d<\/p>\n

I think they could have just asked Gemini for ideas of how image generation in Google Earth could be abused before releasing that feature.<\/p>\n

Read the official announcement of the rollback here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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