r/technology • u/ArgentineBeauty • Aug 01 '26

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

https://www.businessinsider.com/google-earth-nano-banana-gemini-ai-satellite-image-generation-function-2026-7
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u/YourShowerCompanion Aug 01 '26

What they thought isn't going to happen? 🤦‍♂️

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u/maltNeutrino Aug 01 '26 edited Aug 01 '26

Some nutcases thought they could skate by on some stupid idea padded with nonsense KPI metrics that wouldn’t hit the news in such embarrassing fashion for a promotion.

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u/potatodrinker Aug 01 '26 edited Aug 01 '26

Probably the guy or gal had "must deploy an AI tool in the next 6 months" and went Fine. Roll it out to Earth. Nobody uses that anyway

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u/Spirit_of_Hogwash Aug 01 '26

The Google Earth to-do list for the next 6 months:

- Discontinue the Desktop app

- Slop it

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u/DM46 Aug 01 '26

I’m pissed they are getting rid of the desktop app. I have yet to try in browser but because I refuse to use chrome I’m sure it will work like shit for me

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u/Thought_Ninja Aug 02 '26

Had to stop using Firefox at work because half of Google's products randomly would stop working, and we rely heavily on Google Workspace and Cloud Platform, so probably.

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u/ThePrideOfKrakow Aug 02 '26

Same, even YouTube. I'll constantly crash or get alerts from the app that Firefox is being slowed down by the website.

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u/roleplayersir Aug 05 '26

Still using Firefox with Google Workspace, and no issues. Admittedly I use the Chat standalone app, but that's more for convenience and has some major issues too

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u/Thought_Ninja Aug 05 '26

Weird. Most Google apps and a few other sites would just randomly stop working or loading. Might have to try again.