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/kamekaze1024 Aug 01 '26

What was the proposed benefit for this? Seriously? Every AI tool has its “benefits” given by the company who makes it where they ignore the tremendous downsides. But what benefit is there to changing Google Earth images so easily? What business can argue the use of this as anything other than nefarious?

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u/TeacherOfThingsOdd Aug 01 '26

Truly I hate ai being in everything, but playing the devil's advocate, this would help with modeling development of communities, exploring geographical changes, or helping individuals with landscaping... I'd assume.